Health and health inequalities tell us a great deal about the good or bad effects of social policies.

General improvements in health/decline in mortality do not affect all classes equally. As mortality rates fall, social inequalities commonly widen.

The lower you are in the hierarchy the worse your health, the higher you are, the better your health.

Saying we can't afford to invest in early child development means we're storing up bigger costs in the future.

If people want me to go round and talk to governments and others then I feel that responsibility which is why I am on the road a good deal of the time and why I'm not slowing down.

In Sweden for example people with PhDs have lower mortality than those with a masters degree. And people with a masters degree or a professional degree are not poor.

Empowerment of individuals and communities is absolutely central. Getting the community involved in organising their own destiny has got to be a key part of it.