Worsening health of Britons is holding back UK economy, Andy Haldane warns

RSA chief executive says century of progress now going into reverse after years of underinvestment

The worsening health of the British people is holding back economic growth for the first time since the Industrial Revolution after years of underinvestment in services, Andy Haldane has warned.

The chief executive of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) said more than a century of progress on health and wellbeing was going into reverse, with a direct impact on the economy and the cost of living emergency.