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Plans to improve high streets align with Health Equity North 'Ghost Towns' report recommendations
August 11th 2026

Plans to improve high streets align with Health Equity North 'Ghost Towns' report recommendations

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has today (August 10) announced new plans aimed at improving high streets, with new vape shops requiring planning permission and councils receiving more powers to block new betting shops.

The announcement aligns with the observations and recommendations from our 2025 report: Ghost Towns: The Decline of the High Street and Health Inequalities.

Commenting on the announcement, lead author of the report Dr Eman Zied Abozied, Research Associate at Newcastle University, said: "We welcome the Prime…


Vast inequalities faced by women in the North of England exposed in report
September 2nd 2024
Vast inequalities faced by women in the North of England…

Click here to read the report Women in the North…

Regional inequalities in Long Covid rates revealed
August 23rd 2024
Regional inequalities in Long Covid rates revealed

Read the full report here A fifth of patients in…

Health equity experts urge new Labour Government to adopt health equality strategies to replicate past successes
July 25th 2024
Health equity experts urge new Labour Government to adopt health…

New analysis has revealed an increase in mortality inequalities in…

Leaders discuss health innovation priorities at party conference roundtables
December 18th 2023
Leaders discuss health innovation priorities at party conference roundtables

Two roundtable events during the Conservative and Labour Party Conferences…

Our Seven Missions: Health Equity North’s recommendations to tackling health inequalities in the North
October 8th 2023
Our Seven Missions: Health Equity North’s recommendations to tackling health…

Health Equity North has launched seven missions to tackle health…

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…

Covid inquiry evidence by health inequality expert
June 16th 2023
Covid inquiry evidence by health inequality expert

A world-leading expert on health inequalities will be presenting 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…

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