Deprivation divide in Leeds is cutting lives short | Letters

Alex Sobel draws attention to his constituency’s life expectancy gap and calls for a cross-government health inequalities strategyYour report about the deprivation divide in UK communities brings into sharp focus the granularity of inequalities in the country (‘Posh-poor divide’: the rise in areas of England where wealth and deprivation appear side by side, 1 December). These aren’t just socioeconomic – they have a huge impact on our health, wellbeing and how long w