PressTV-‘Financial crisis behind US, UK declining life expectancy’

The declining life expectancy in the United States and Britain is the result of the financial crisis that hit these countries in 2008, according to a Scottish political activist, author and journalist.

The so-called Great Recession which followed the 2008 financial crash and austerity measures implemented by the governments in the UK and US led to lower life expectancy in these countries, Chris Bambery told Press TV on Sunday.

“This has impacted on the level of care people have, particularly older people who need looking after. It has also affected housing and increased the number of homeless.”

Bambery said the downward trend in life expectancy and an increase in early deaths were exacerbated by “the lack of any source of provision and any backup.”

“Jobs people are getting are increasingly precarious, temporary jobs, short term contracts and so on,” Bambery added. He cited economic problems as the root of the sudden increase…

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