Health inequalities in the UK stem from policy choices made by the government. When Margaret Thatcher became prime minister in 1979 she reintroduced many ideas that had been popular in the mid-nineteenth century: not just the emphasis on free-market economics and an aversion to state intervention, but also the belief that people who are left behind by these brutal macroeconomic transformations are underserving scroungers who must be shamed into working harder. This was self-imposed, structural adjustment. Since 2010, the Conservative-led government has continued to push for limited state
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ah, i can sense the seething hatred of Thatcher in these words. more than deserved!
