Letter

The big issue

Dear healthmatters — Your editorial in the last issue rightly highlighted the widening health and social inequalities which have been created by the last 16 years of Tory government. Whoever it was who characterised the Conservative administration as ‘government of the rich, by the rich, for the rich’ was right in every particular.

The issue of inequality in Britain is now so important - not only in terms of health, but also crime, social cohesion, and natural justice - that it should dominate in every local and national election until we see some clear evidence of a trend towards a more equal society. Where is the opposition’s clear voice on this?