Cuts to children's services risk greater social inequality, says coalition adviser

Michael Marmot warns regressive taxation affects child poverty and Britain is failing children 'large scale'

A key government adviser on welfare and equity warned on Wednesday that the cuts in services for children at a time to raise taxes on the poor are deeply concerned and could exacerbate already high levels of inequality.

Professor Sir Michael Marmot, whose work on health inequalities in 2010 was incorporated into the government's reforms of public health, said. "Cutting services has a selective effect of the lower part in the social hierarchy

"We see an increase in child poverty and move from direct to indirect forms of taxation, which are regressive. I'm really worried about these things and their impact [on] the inequalities. "

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Marmot, said the six measures that affect health - for the development of employment, education, income and children's health and the environment -. It was "not convinced that we are doing enough in any of them"

Well said there was an improvement of around three percentage points in 5 years has reached a good level of development between 2010 and 2011 - from about 56% to 59% - which left nearly 250,000 children do not meet the standard set by schools. These tests include the ability to dress, focus, and ability to speak and recognize words.

Marmot said it was proof that Britain was failing its children in a large scale, because of inequality, and many did not reach levels basic social and emotional development.

added that northern countries like Finland, Denmark and Sweden, showed a much smaller difference between rich and poor children in terms of happiness too.

"We are very, very poorly in international comparisons, very bad," he said. "One of the best things we can do and one of the best political trends in Britain focused on early childhood. So my concern is that we preserve what we have done. "

• Ministers confirmed in November that there were 124 centers in Sure Start for children when the coalition, but said many of the reductions were due to "rationalize" services.
• But Marmot says that the evaluation of Sure Start programs is "ambiguous" but added: "If Sure Start is a very uneven - in some areas better than others - the answer should not choice but to throw him learn from the best and build on that. I have a concern not to cut services for young children good. "

warned that while life expectancy has increased, remained linked to social position and the poor die sooner. This means that if the average life expectancy at birth in England increased by 0.3 years for men and women between 2007-09 and 2008-10, the gap widened between the highest and lowest deciles of the company in two-thirds of the 150 local authorities.

effect means that, in Westminster, London, people now have a life expectancy at birth of 84 years. However, the richest of the city was to live nearly 17 years older than the poorest. This effect can be seen in the poorest areas like Middlesbrough, where the average life expectancy is 76 years, but the wealthiest citizens of the city live almost 15 years older than the poorest.

lower life expectancy in the UK are not only poverty but wealth and expectation. The poor are most at risk of diseases related to poor diet, lack of exercise, smoking, low wages and job insecurity.
"If you are unemployed are not sick because of money. That's because you're depressed, you drink, you become an abuse," said Marmot.

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