Blackpool has been announced as the city with the lowest average male life expectancy in the UK.

The Lancashire city overtook Glasgow to claim the top spot on the list, for the first time in 20 years.

Men born in the historically popular seaside resort will now live until just after their 73rd birthday on average.This number is six years less than the average in the rest of England.

Those figures highlighted that wealth brings health and poverty kills, in what the Office for National Statistics (ONS) called "clear north-south divide".

GB News members have been asked whether they think that the North of the country should receive more funding as the ONS declares 'North-South divide'{ai:summary}Blackpool has been identified as the UK city with the lowest average male life expectancy, surpassing Glasgow for the first time in 20 years. Men born in Blackpool can expect to live just past 73, which is six years shorter than the national average.The data underscores the stark health disparities linked to wealth, with the Office for National Statistics noting a "clear north-south divide" in life expectancy. #society

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