The spending cuts made by the chancellor, George Osborne, in this week's budget could cause up to 38,000 extra deaths over the next decade, according to academic research published tomorrow. Reductions in welfare payments and the 25% cut in spending across many government departments could lead to an increase in heart attacks and alcohol-related illnesses, according to analysis produced exclusively for the Guardian by an epidemiologist at Oxford University.
David Stuckler warns that the announced reduction in overall support for the long-term unemployed, disabled people and families and children, might severely impact people's health, or even cost them their lives.
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