AN approach to addressing poverty, inequality and poor health adopted by public services across Gwent has been explained as avoiding focussing on just one issue.

The Marmot Principles have been adopted by all five local authorities and the area’s Aneurin Bevan University Health Board as a way of guiding how they work with communities and to address deep rooted poverty evident in many areas.

Torfaen Borough Council chief executive Stephen Vickers, who also holds the same post at neighbouring Blaenau Gwent, told councillors: “The principle of Marmot is you can’t tackle inequality alone.

“We know we’ve got a housing crisis in the borough, across Wales and the UK. It’s important to build houses but you also need the right........

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