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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…


Statement regarding Labour’s Child Health Action Plan
January 12th 2024
Statement regarding Labour’s Child Health Action Plan

Yesterday (January 11 2024) the Labour Party published their Child…

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…

‘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…

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…

UK health inequalities could be significantly reduced in a decade if politicians use targets as part of cross government strategy
September 26th 2023
UK health inequalities could be significantly reduced in a decade…

Read the report here The authors of a new research…

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…

Party Conference Events 2023
August 17th 2023
Party Conference Events 2023

Health Equity North and the Northern Health Science Alliance 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…

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