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BLOG - Spending Review 2025: what this means for children in the North 
June 12th 2025

BLOG - Spending Review 2025: what this means for children in the North 

By Alexis Darby, Head of Public Affairs, Health Equity North 

The 2025 Spending Review offers a mix of progress and missed opportunities for children and families in the North of England. While there are positive steps in recognising the wider determinants of child health, such as funding for parks, youth clubs, and early years education, the overall package falls short of the bold, targeted investment needed to address entrenched inequalities in Northern communities. 

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‘Child poverty is a disaster for child health’
October 16th 2023
‘Child poverty is a disaster for child health’

Health Equity North Director presents report exploring child health inequalities…

Calls for urgent action to prioritise children’s health and education as new analysis finds schools funding imbalance risks widening regional childhood inequalities
September 11th 2023
Calls for urgent action to prioritise children’s health and education…

Click here to read the full report Northern schools are…

BLOG: Which football team wins the Child Health and Wellbeing League?
August 1st 2023
BLOG: Which football team wins the Child Health and Wellbeing…

      “Some people believe football is a matter…

Northern regions relegated to bottom of child health league table
August 1st 2023
Northern regions relegated to bottom of child health league table

      A league table ranking child health by…

Health divide in County Durham and Tees Valley shortening lives, reducing life chances and costing billions in lost productivity
July 25th 2023
Health divide in County Durham and Tees Valley shortening lives,…

Click here to read the full report The stark extent…

“We owe it to children to help bring that spark back.” – Hannah Davies, Executive Director
May 18th 2023
“We owe it to children to help bring that spark…

Health Equity North Executive Director Hannah Davies reflects on a…

Health Equity North launch: photo and video gallery
April 25th 2023
Health Equity North launch: photo and video gallery

Below is a video and series of pictures taken at…

Growing divide in regional health inequalities exposed
April 18th 2023
Growing divide in regional health inequalities exposed

Click here to read the report A new report has…

Children and the Cost of Living Crisis
January 24th 2023
Children and the Cost of Living Crisis

On January 24, 2023, the Child of the North APPG…

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