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Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) find that better health could help meet the UKs biggest, specific economic challenges.

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Organisation:
IPPR

Media type:
Other evidence/studies

Topic:
Economics & benefits

Setting:
Community

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The IPPR Commission on Health and Prosperity has spent 3 years testing if better health in Britain would untap a route to prosperity.

Key statistics

Over ?10 billion per year
could be raised by the end of the decade with new levies on unhealthy food, tobacco, vapes, gambling and alcohol by the government embedding that if a product causes harm, the polluter should pay.
Five founding principles proposed for a health creation service: work that creates health; healthy industrial strategy; a health guarantee at the start of life; the foundations of health in every neighbourhood; and proactive healthcare through the NHS.
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