Children are becoming poorer in the UK – more so than in other countries.
- Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography, University of Oxford
While politicians fuss over waiting lists, not much is being said about the reason so many people are critically ill.
The former chancellor and shadow chancellor have revealed how their parties collaborated on devising some of the most damaging policies of the past 20 years.
Finlandia jadi negara paling bahagia karena memiliki sekolah-sekolah yang bagus, transportasi umum, dan perbedaan antara gaji tertinggi dan terendah cukup kecil. Apa faktor lainnya?
Finns have good schools, public transport, and the difference between the highest- and lowest-paid is quite small. These are factors in high levels of happiness.
More people died from the austerity in the five years before the pandemic than have died from COVID since.
The public has been asked to cut back on socialising ahead of Christmas – but does this request go far enough?
Surveying by the Office for National Statistics shows Brits are increasingly pessimistic about things returning to how they were before.
Because of the pandemic, we know less about the shape and size of our society than we have for decades.
In a pandemic that exacerbates the gap between rich and poor, was the UK always doomed to have an enormous death toll?
The UK government has said that the rule allowing three households to mix this Christmas won’t change – but is this wise?
The answer could be found in death rates among the elderly.
Let’s not shut the debate down.
Areas with the highest levels of mortality in the first wave do not show a significant resurgence of cases this time around. But why?
Eventually, mortality rates from COVID-19 will fall as the proportion of people who have had the disease rises.
The national curve is made up of much smaller local curves with their own peaks at different times – but deaths are still definitely falling.
Three graphs of mortality data tell the story of the direction the UK and the world are heading in after the peak of the coronavirus outbreak.
These graphs reveal something you may have not seen illustrated before.
In the eight weeks before the first person with COVID-19 died in the UK mortality rates had been mercifully low.
There were an extra 623,000 deaths in the UK in the year to mid-2018 – an increase of 3%.
The link between empire, inequality – and Brexit.
From wealth, to the natural world, to genes and intelligence, a podcast exploring the theme of inheritance.
An international comparison of life expectancy rates has raised alarm bells for the UK.
The UK government is shockingly apathetic about the fast rise in mortality in England and Wales.
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The audio version of a long read on stalling life expectancy in the UK.
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