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When talking about #longevity & #100yearlife I am often asked whether recent UK life expectancy data undermines the need to prepare for longer lives. Here are a few comments explaining why rather than undermine the debate they actually make it more urgent
The rate at which UK life expectancy has been increasing has slowed down in recent years. This is clearly bad news although slowdowns have happened before & its too early to know if this is a long lasting shift in trend or just a temporary slowdown 
Because of this slowdown the UK gov has revised downwards life expectancy statistics. Its important to recognise this isn’t saying the current young will see lower life expectancy than past generations. Rather it’s the gains they are expected to realise that have been reduced
