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18 July 2016

Health

Life expectancy and poverty

Boys born in some of the UK's poorest areas are expected to live nine years fewer than those in the richest areas. For girls the figure is seven years. Read

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21 June 2016

Europe

Ask Full Fact: In or out for the NHS or TTIP?

Ask Full Fact: Is an in or out vote best if I want to protect the NHS from further privatisation, fully fund it and remove the NHS from the TTIP agreement? Read

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20 May 2016

Europe

TTIP and the NHS

Campaigners worry that an EU trade agreement called TTIP might have implications for a public NHS. This seems unlikely, although the issues are complicated. Read

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