I witnessed a debate in the House of Lords in which experts – doctors and surgeons – underlined again that poverty undermines health. I did not get the chance to say my stock comment, as others had in other ways already said it, that 50% of people suffering from cardiovascular illnesses suffer from food poverty according to the British Medical Association.
But the minister answering the questions responded that the government was doing exactly what was needed. The problem is, poverty and health was – and remains – the big issue and