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Health Inequalities

Is not the situation in many parts of the country even worse than the hon. Gentleman describes? As I said earlier, it has taken more than a decade to get the ACRA funding formula reviewed—particularly its market forces factor—and for the funding formula to be altered, as was announced in December. Many parts of the country, such as the hon. Gentleman’s constituency and mine, have been significantly underfunded for more than a decade, so they have more than a decade of underfunding to make up for, as well as trying to achieve rapid movement towards the target.