“Poverty proofing” and a national strategy for the cost-of-living crisis

Poor housing is a problem in heatwaves as well as cold weather

“…Poor housing is certainly a contributor to health inequalities 1. The excess illness and death among poor people is not just associated with periods of cold weather.…”

“…The Grantham Research Institute at the London School of Economics (LSE) has just published a policy brief on lessons from the 2022 heatwave 2. People who cannot afford their telephone bills1 are unlikely to install air conditioning or even run fans in hot weather. Renovating dilapidated homes or planting “green roofs” will not be on the agenda for those people who have no savings.…”

Good health for its own sake

“…1 Michael Marmot says that politicians simply “don’t read the health literature” on the detrimental effects their policies are having on health, because the research is not written by economists (doi:10.1136/bmj.p1183). 2…”