Northern Powerhouse Rail is a chance to learn from failings of HS2, and finally offer a network that allows the North to flourish.
We cannot risk kicking these plans down the road any longer, govt must push forward with NPR.
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As our APPG Chair, @EmmaLewell states, now is the “chance to turn the tide” on child and young person mental health.
Read why coordinated action with a prevention focus is needed to tackle poor mental health in the latest Child of the North APPG report: https://t.co/SkgOlr5gvp
NO he won’t be “out in just over 20 years” - that’s the minimum term before he can apply for parole
N0 he didn’t get a lighter sentence because of the knife - he has deliberately cut out the bit that says he got a LONGER sentence
If he was still a solicitor he’d get struck off
Yesterday, Taylor Harwood-Bellis mocked Luke Ayling for his stammer.
Here’s a video of Ayling discussing what it’s like to live with a stammer and his journey.
Anyone who mocks him after watching a video like this should hang their head in shame.
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This week, we launched our Health for Wealth 2 publication in Parliament.
The report reveals health inequalities between the North and rest of England have widened dramatically over the last decade. Tackling this could generate £18 billion a year.
https://t.co/4muRYca9b1
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As far as I know they don't have to do it. And it is about as uncomfortable as you'd guess it would be. Which makes me appreciate even more that Aria are now publishing most of their regional funding breakdowns. https://t.co/Zz3oRicFUH
“Improving healthy life expectancy for all should be a non-party political issue but to do that we need to recognise as a society that its roots lie in poverty and deprivation.” - @HannahDaviesHEN, Executive Director of Health Equity North
https://t.co/ns7pUwQa5x
#HeartMonth aims to raise awareness of heart health and preventing disease.
Cardiovascular disease rates are high across the North. Our Ageing North and Nutrition North reports outline the unequal health burden facing the North.
https://t.co/JV1aO1iQpS
https://t.co/m5n4azbesZ
💪 A strong North stands together.
📰In our paper released today, IPPR North says The Great North partnership and government should act collaboratively to establish the north as a great place to invest and ultimately help raise living standards.
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https://t.co/XaLNUutp4m
In a new article in @bmj_latest, @_HENorth Academic Co-Directors @ProfKEPickett and David Taylor-Robinson respond to the UK’s new child poverty strategy, calling on Government to place binding targets in order to truly tackle the child poverty crisis.
👉https://t.co/qWFtJWEs4A
Our latest report shows the economic inactivity crisis is greater in the North, with workers more likely to lose their job due to ill health and those without educational qualifications nine times more likely to lose their job if they become ill.
https://t.co/eY2YuUT5D4
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