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Tory austerity has almost certainly increased the death rate. Today, we can strike a blow against these deadly policies.



The full consequences of eight years of cruel and counter-productive Tory austerity are devastating.



There were more than 10,000 extra deaths during the first seven weeks of this year, official figures show, compared with the same period in the previous five years.



That’s a 12% increase.

Professor Danny Dorling and Lucinda Hiam, who carried out the research, strongly implied that the extra deaths were, in part, the result of sustained underfunding to health and social care.

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Separately, a report by the health think tank Nuffield Trust shows that the infant mortality rate is rising for the second year in a row.



These figures should shock us in to action.

They are the result of Tory choices which have damaged the health and life chances of the many to swell the bank balances of the few.



Today’s local elections are a chance to send an unmistakable message to this heartless and incompetent Tory Government.

We can strike a blow against these deadly and failed policies and say enough of eight years of Tory austerity.

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We can push back against Tory cuts which are taking even Tory-run councils to the brink of collapse.

And we can show that a fairer country is both possible and essential.

The Windrush scandal revealed just how cruel this Tory Government is.

British people lost their homes and jobs, were denied urgently needed healthcare, or unjustly locked away in detention centres.

This injustice is an outrage. Our government locked up our fellow citizens.

Today, we can give our response by voting out Tories across the country.

It’s this heartlessness and damaging approach that has led to, year after year, people’s lives made harder, so the super-rich and big businesses can get tax handouts.