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“Poverty proofing” and a national strategy for the cost-of-living crisis
The BMJ ( IF 105.7 ) Pub Date : 2023-05-31 , DOI: 10.1136/bmj.p1183
Andrew Kersley 1
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Inequality’s effect on life expectancy is worse than six covid pandemics and is contributing to excess mortality, heard a conference that aimed to provide possible solutions . Andrew Kersley reports A meeting of medical experts and academics on poverty and the cost-of-living crisis, which took place this May, agreed that the government should urgently reform Universal Credit and begin building safe, affordable social housing to curb the effects of economic inequality on people’s health. One academic at the Royal Society of Medicine’s event warned that the long term effect of ongoing economic inequality on life expectancy was worse than six unmitigated covid pandemics. Some 157 attendees voted on 10 proposed solutions to the medical impact of growing poverty rates, caused by a combination of prolonged austerity and the current cost-of-living crisis. The three that received the most support were a national strategy to tackle poverty; the nationwide delivery of “more affordable, quality, secure social and rental housing”; and urgently increasing the rate of Universal Credit as well as removing the restrictions related to total benefits and multiple children (box 1). Box1 ### Universal Credit and poor housing Universal Credit, the main benefit offered by the government, is £368 a month for a single adult and comes with a cap on the total amount you can receive and a limit on the additional support offered for those with multiple children. These restrictions were introduced for the predecessors of Universal Credit between 2013 and … RETURN TO TEXT

中文翻译:

“防贫”和应对生活成本危机的国家战略

一场旨在提供可能解决方案的会议指出,不平等对预期寿命的影响比六次新冠大流行还要严重,并且导致死亡率过高。安德鲁·克斯利 (Andrew Kersley) 报道称,今年 5 月举行的一次关于贫困和生活成本危机的医学专家和学者会议一致认为,政府应紧急改革全民信贷,并开始建设安全、负担得起的社会住房,以遏制经济衰退的影响。不平等对人们健康的影响。英国皇家医学会活动的一位学者警告说,持续的经济不平等对预期寿命的长期影响比六次未缓解的新冠大流行还要严重。约 157 名与会者对 10 项提议的解决方案进行了投票,这些方案旨在解决因长期紧缩政策和当前生活成本危机共同造成的贫困率上升所带来的医疗影响。获得最多支持的三项是消除贫困的国家战略;在全国范围内提供“更实惠、更优质、更安全的社会住房和租赁住房”;紧急提高普遍信贷率,并取消与总福利和多子女相关的限制(框 1)。Box1 ### 通用信贷和贫困住房 通用信贷是政府提供的主要福利,单身成人每月 368 英镑,并且对您可以获得的总金额设有上限,并对为以下人士提供的额外支持也有限制:那些有多个孩子的人。这些限制是在 2013 年至……之间针对通用信贷的前身引入的。返回文本 保障社会住房和租赁住房”;紧急提高普遍信贷率,并取消与总福利和多子女相关的限制(框 1)。Box1 ### 通用信贷和贫困住房 通用信贷是政府提供的主要福利,单身成人每月 368 英镑,并且对您可以获得的总金额设有上限,并对为以下人士提供的额外支持也有限制:那些有多个孩子的人。这些限制是在 2013 年至……之间针对通用信贷的前身引入的。返回文本 保障社会住房和租赁住房”;紧急提高普遍信贷率,并取消与总福利和多子女相关的限制(框 1)。Box1 ### 通用信贷和贫困住房 通用信贷是政府提供的主要福利,单身成人每月 368 英镑,并且对您可以获得的总金额设有上限,并对为以下人士提供的额外支持也有限制:那些有多个孩子的人。这些限制是在 2013 年至……之间针对通用信贷的前身引入的。返回文本 单身成人每月 368 英镑,并且对您可以获得的总金额有上限,并且对有多个孩子的人提供的额外支持也有限制。这些限制是在 2013 年至……之间针对通用信贷的前身引入的。返回文本 单身成人每月 368 英镑,并且对您可以获得的总金额有上限,并且对有多个孩子的人提供的额外支持也有限制。这些限制是在 2013 年至……之间针对通用信贷的前身引入的。返回文本
更新日期:2023-05-31
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