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It’ll take a lot more than a nudge to improve the nation’s health

New research in Birmingham provides yet more evidence that broader investment in communities is the only way to tackle health inequalities, say Peter Patel and Ranjit Sondhi

There is now a large body of evidence showing that inequality is bad for us. More equal societies are healthier, more cohesive, have less crime, better educational attainment, and more efficient economies.

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Making work pay isn’t as simple as it sounds

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Job well done?

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Michelin star Italian

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Understanding economic inclusion

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It’s the taking part that counts

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Throwaway society: What’s being cast aside in the quest for mixed communities?

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Shapps’ fiddling won’t solve the real crisis

With unemployment at its highest for nearly 20 years it’s good to see Grant Shapps tackling the problem head on even though it’s not even his day job to do so. He recently announced the launch of Home Swap Direct which, if you’ll forgive my cynicism, sounds like one of those dodgy finance schemes where a man in an ill-fitting shiny suit comes and takes ownership of your property in return for a handful of loose change so that you can afford to eat and put your two-bar electric fire on in your twilight years.