Linking mortality to the past – solving the geographical problems
Audio recording of the Keynote Lecture given by Danny Dorling at the annual British Society for Population Studies conference, Winchester, September 12th 2018
After the Fall [in Life Expectancy]
‘And you, my father, there on that sad height, Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray. Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light’ (Dylan Thomas, 1947)
Public Inquiry into rising mortality in England announced
In June 2018 the UK Office for National Statistics (ONS) released data for England that revealed mortality rates to be rising across the country. This rise in mortality rates had occurred even after having taken out the likely impact of population ageing.
London’s highly inflated housing market is entering a period of equalisation
Britain in 2025 will be very different from today. London and the UK reached peak inequality in 2018.
A Talk on Peak Inequality at the Book Fringe, Edinburgh, August 22nd 2018
In early 2018, Britain reached a peak of income inequality. The last peak was in 1913, and so much goes so wrong when inequality peaks.
Improving life expectancy used to be the UK’s forte – now it’s falling behind
Despite the evidence DHSC claims “..generally people are living longer.” The government’s response is not sufficient. Persistent concerns from academics, doctors, professional bodies, and public health experts have been consistently disregarded by the DHSC
Tip-toeing to the right in the UK (1979-2014)
In hindsight we should have seen it coming. But none of us did, or at least no one who looks for the best in others.
The contraction of the financial sector takes place very quietly
Hidden in the detail of these figures was the news that Britain’s finance and insurance industries had shrunk, albeit only by a tenth of one percent.
Which children in Britain will have no holiday this summer?
The majority of the poorest fifth of children living in the UK have no summer holiday – or any holiday at all each year – and this has been the case for at least a decade now. However people are now learning to lower their expectations.
The long hot summer before the war – peak inequality
The last time inequality peaked in the UK was around 1913/1914. It appears to be peaking again this summer.
The health crisis 2010 to 2018: acclimatisation to a disaster
In the eight years since the May 2010 general election, the health of people living in the United Kingdom has faltered.
One Question: Do we need a universal basic income?
Yes we need a basic income. Yes we will get one. But we in the UK will very probably have to wait until other European countries have had one for some time.
After the Fall
Almost six weeks after the inquiry was announced no deadline has been set for Public Health England’s inquiry report into mortality rate rises across all of England.
Has the UK reached Peak Inequality?
Video and slides of Danny Dorling speaking at the Royal Society for Arts, London, July 19th 2018.
Peak Inequality – Britain’s Ticking Time Bomb
When we think of economic inequality we tend to think of a trend that is ever rising and destined to continue rising; that is far from inevitable.