The gap in life expectancy between those living in the richest and poorest areas is at its highest level since records began, according to a new study. 

(Inequalities in premature mortality in Britain: observational study from 1921 to 2007 - Danny Dorling, Prof. Human Geography^, University of Sheffield, George Davey Smith, Prof. Clinical Epidemiolog, University of Bristol, Bethan Thomas, Research Fellow, University of Sheffield)