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Tories start to put the boot in
As UK household debt reaches £1.6 trillion - affecting women disproportionately - SABBY DHALU sees little in new Tory government policies that would address the crisis
WINDRUSH SEQUEL: The poorest African, Caribbean and Asian households are set to lose about 20 per cent of their annual living standards as a result of Tory policies

THIS year’s International Women’s Day provides an opportunity to build a movement against the forthcoming attacks by the Boris Johnson-led Tory government, and remind us of the impact of 10 years of austerity on women, African, Asian and Caribbean communities and the racism, Islamophobia and anti-semitism that accompanied it.

Perhaps the most staggering impact of austerity on women is the decline of life expectancy since 2011 of women living in the poorest communities in England, as found by leading expert on health inequalities, Professor Sir Michael Marmot.

For the first time in 100 years life expectancy growth has stalled over the past decade.

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