CAMPAIGNERS in Oxford have expressed their concern about a national health review showing life expectancy figures stalling since 2010.

Professor Sir Michael Marmot was commissioned by the British government to review health inequalities across England in 2010 and now a new Marmot Review has been published, revealing stalled and even falling life expectancy for working class communities.

Following the report published by the Institute of Health Equity, Jabu Nala Hartley, of the Oxford Living Wage Campaign, said: “We already know that in Oxford about 20 per cent (5,000) children live in poverty, higher than the England average, and even higher once monthly housing costs are subtracted.

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“This report confirms the brutal impact of 10 years of falling living standards, insecure work and appalling housing.”

The Living Wage Campaign is working with local unions, community activists and health campaigners to strengthen the rights of working people by building union membership for wage bargaining.

It is pushing for the implementation of the Oxford Living Wage from the start of April (£10.21 per hour or £19,644 a year assuming a 37-hour working week).

The Living Wage Campaign is working with the Socialist Health Association to organise a meeting in April on health inequalities.

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Commenting on the latest Marmot Review, Sarah Darton, CEO of Family Links, the Oxford-based charity running parenting programmes, said: “All organisations involved in parenting support have been acutely aware of the impact of ongoing cuts to services over the past few years.”