The government must reverse spending cuts to public health funding to tackle rising levels of childhood obesity in England and Wales, council leaders have urged.
Continued reductions in local authorities’ public health grant is disproportionately hitting children’s services, according to the Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health.
Local authority-funded smoking cessation services in England have been “dramatically reduced” following cuts to public health budgets, according to health campaigners.
Alcohol and smoking are not a drain on public finances and actually provide a net benefit of £22.8bn, according to a study by the Institute of Economic Affairs.
The government must improve the way it collates information on the health of people who live in rural areas, according to the Local Government Association and Public Health England.
Facts and figures from the October 2016 edition of Public Finance magazine, our international special, on global life expectancy, government health spending and fat taxes
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