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UK economic policies likely to cause many more deaths than Covid, claims Scottish academic

Summary by Ground News
The UK Government’s economic policies are “likely” to have caused a “great many more deaths” than the Covid-19 pandemic, an academic has claimed. Experts at Glasgow University and the Glasgow Centre for Population Health looked at data on deaths in the three countries over the period 2012 to 2019. In the space of eight years, almost 335,000 more deaths than expected were recorded across England, Wales and Scotland. The "not only shocking but shameful" statistic is thought to show the "damaging impact" of difficult economic situations caused by the government reducing public spending. Study found among those living in the 20 per cent most deprived areas of Scotland, rates of premature death increased by 6-7 per cent among males and females. Authors urged UK Government to implement measures to protect the most vulnerable in society.

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