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 UK
• Sam Rushworth, MP for Bishop Auckland
• Professor David Taylor-Robinson, Academic Co-Director of Health Equity North, and Professor of Public Health and Policy at the University of Liverpool
• Professor Kate Pickett, Academic Co-Director of Health Equity North and Professor of Epidemiology, University of York
• Graham Whitham, CEO and Founder of Resolve Poverty

You can view a recording of the session below