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‘Jaw-dropping’ falls in life expectancy as Greater Manchester sees a quarter more Covid deaths than the English average

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Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox Greater Manchester's pandemic death rate has been 25 per cent higher than the national average, new research reveals - warning the scale of England's pandemic divide was ‘avoidable’ and that its causes must finally be urgently addressed by ministers.

Sir Michael Marmot, whose report weeks before Covid-19 warned health was already ‘faltering’ in England and regional divides widening after a decade of uneven austerity, also finds nearly four months more was wiped off male life expectancy in the North West last year than the national average.

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