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VIDEO:  Addressing child health and social inequalities through poverty reduction nationally and locally
October 9th 2025

VIDEO: Addressing child health and social inequalities through poverty reduction nationally and locally

In September 2025, we held a panel event at the Labour Party Conference 2025, held with the University of York’s York Policy Engine, Health Equity North and Child of the North. In this event we explored how national policy and local strategies can work hand-in-hand to reduce child poverty and close the health and opportunity gap experienced by children across the UK, particularly those in the North of England.

Speakers included:

  • Kate Proctor, UK News Lead, Save The Children…

VIDEO:  Addressing child health and social inequalities through poverty reduction nationally and locally
October 9th 2025
VIDEO: Addressing child health and social inequalities through poverty reduction…

In September 2025, we held a panel event at the…

BLOG: Lifting the Cap, Lifting Children Out of Poverty by Alexis Darby, Head of Public Affairs
October 9th 2025
BLOG: Lifting the Cap, Lifting Children Out of Poverty by…

“Poverty has no return on investment.” Health Equity North The…

GALLERY: Labour Party Conference 2025
October 2nd 2025
GALLERY: Labour Party Conference 2025

In September 2025, the Northern Health Science Alliance held four…

Health Equity North recommendations in actions as government backs high street restoration
September 25th 2025
Health Equity North recommendations in actions as government backs high…

Today (Thursday 25th September 2025) Prime Minister Kier Starmer announced…

Health Equity North directors advocate for children across the North
September 16th 2025
Health Equity North directors advocate for children across the North

September 2025 saw Health Equity North directors speak at a…

Statement from Health Equity North Director following data around low school-aged vaccination rates
August 29th 2025
Statement from Health Equity North Director following data around low…

Today (Friday 29th August, 2025) the UK Health Security Agency…

Health Equity North Directors statement: Regional inequalities in A-Level results
August 14th 2025
Health Equity North Directors statement: Regional inequalities in A-Level results

Today (Thursday 14th August, 2025) students all over the UK…

Poor diets in the North go hand-in-hand with the highest rates of cancer, diabetes, heart disease and food insecurity in the country
July 22nd 2025
Poor diets in the North go hand-in-hand with the highest…

Read the report here Northern regions have some of the…

Statement from Executive Director Hannah Davies following The Health Foundation report on premature mortality rates
July 8th 2025
Statement from Executive Director Hannah Davies following The Health Foundation…

Today (Tuesday, July 8 2025), The Health Foundation has released…

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