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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…

Health Equity North report recognised with NIHR award
March 28th 2025
Health Equity North report recognised with NIHR award

A researcher who co-authored Health Equity North’s Children in Care…

Health Equity North directors respond to Spring Statement
March 26th 2025
Health Equity North directors respond to Spring Statement

Following the announcement of today’s (March 26, 2025) Spring Statement…

Health Equity North win BioNow award for Woman of the North work
March 7th 2025
Health Equity North win BioNow award for Woman of the…

Health Equity North (HEN) has scooped a prestigious life sciences…

Evaluating Labour’s Progress: Tackling Health Inequalities Through Health Equity North’s Seven Missions
February 5th 2025
Evaluating Labour’s Progress: Tackling Health Inequalities Through Health Equity North’s…

Since coming to power last year, the Labour Government has…

Labour Party Conference 2024: Roundtable report
January 30th 2025
Labour Party Conference 2024: Roundtable report

Read the report here At the Labour Party Conference in…

Study finds widening inequalities in child vaccination rates across England
December 11th 2024
Study finds widening inequalities in child vaccination rates across England

New research from Health Equity North (HEN) Director finds vaccine…

Health Equity North reaction to Autumn Budget 2024
October 30th 2024
Health Equity North reaction to Autumn Budget 2024

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves today (30 October 2024)…

Regional inequalities in community resilience exposed in new research
October 11th 2024
Regional inequalities in community resilience exposed in new research

Coastal, rural and areas in the North of England are…

Health Equity North directors sign open letter to government, urging to increase public health budget
October 9th 2024
Health Equity North directors sign open letter to government, urging…

In an open letter to the Prime Minister and Chancellor,…

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