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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…
The Prime Minister has today (Wednesday 17 July 2024) appointed…
This month, the first ever annual Health Equity North Summit…
“The North of England experiences stark inequalities in terms of…
Health Equity North Academic Co-Director Professor Clare Bambra, Professor of…
The Manifestos The three main parties have now launched their…
Today (Wednesday April 17, 2024) we are celebrating Health Equity…
Click here to read the full report A new report…
People living in the North of England and in coastal…
Today, the Academy of Medical Sciences published a new report…
