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Articles tagged with: Inequality
Background should not be a barrier to access stem cell transplant treatment and care
Health
By Mark Tami MP
Background should not be a barrier to access stem cell transplant treatment and care
Taking account of a patient’s background, the circumstances of their lives and the particular challenges they might face is crucial to delivering complex treatments like stem cell transplantation.
Inequality is the biggest barrier to reducing baby loss and improving maternity safety
Health
By Cherilyn Mackrory MP
Inequality is the biggest barrier to reducing baby loss and improving maternity safety
Babies from minority ethnic or socioeconomically deprived backgrounds continue to be at significantly greater risk of perinatal death than their white or less deprived peers.
A UK-wide socio-economic duty will help tackle systemic poverty as we re-build from Covid
Communities
By Mark Isherwood
A UK-wide socio-economic duty will help tackle systemic poverty as we re-build from Covid
The socio-economic duty being introduced will help us reopen the economy in a way that protects the most deprived communities, raises living standards, and builds a fairer, more prosperous country.
Shadow Equality Minister Accuses Race Report Of 'Glorifying' Slave Trade And Demands 'Urgent Explanation'
Communities
Shadow Equality Minister Accuses Race Report Of "Glorifying" Slave Trade And Demands "Urgent Explanation"
Ministers have been urged to give an "urgent" response after its landmark report called for a "new story" about slavery to be taught in schools.
Greed will deepen vaccine inequity and prolong the Covid-19 pandemic
Coronavirus
By Richard Burgon MP
Greed will deepen vaccine inequity and prolong the Covid-19 pandemic
The UK government should remove barriers and back initiatives that would create the space for more manufacturers to enter the market to ensure a sustained supply of vaccines at low prices.
Covid has highlighted the need for new investment in council housing to tackle overcrowding
Communities
By Stephen Timms MP
Covid has highlighted the need for new investment in council housing to tackle overcrowding
For those forced to live, learn and work in one room, the psychological impact of lockdown has been extraordinary. As we build back from this crisis, we must ensure everyone has access to a safe, secure and affordable home - with space to live.
After a decade of increasing inequality, it’s time this government starts valuing ethnic minority and disabled people's lives
Coronavirus
By Marsha de Cordova MP
After a decade of increasing inequality, it’s time this government starts valuing ethnic minority and disabled people's lives
We cannot let the government off the hook for the way that Black, Asian and ethnic minority lives, disabled lives and poorer people’s lives have been undervalued before and during the pandemic.
How data can help us tackle deep-seated problems Partner content
Coronavirus
By University of Essex
How data can help us tackle deep-seated problems
The R rate, cases per 100,000 – we’ve all got used to regular data updates in the last year, but other numbers behind the scenes are helping to shape our response to the pandemic too.
Government must act now to delay onset of age-related diseases
Health
By Baroness Young of Old Scone
Government must act now to delay onset of age-related diseases
People are living longer, but many of these extra years are spent in poor health. The priority for both public health and economic policy interventions need to be those living in deprivation.
Coronavirus Has “Ruthlessly Exposed And Exacerbated” Existing Inequalities In The UK, Researchers Warn
Coronavirus
Coronavirus Has “Ruthlessly Exposed And Exacerbated” Existing Inequalities In The UK, Researchers Warn
Vaccines alone won’t be enough to “repair the damage” done to inequalities in UK society brought about by the coronavirus pandemic according to a new report.
Covid-19 has exposed weaknesses in public services and deepened inequalities
Health
By Baroness Armstrong
Covid-19 has exposed weaknesses in public services and deepened inequalities
The House of Lords Public Services Committee has found failure in recent years to fund social care adequately and to integrate health and care services has had grave consequences during the pandemic.
When we rebuild our creative industries, diversity and representation must be key
Coronavirus
By Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury
When we rebuild our creative industries, diversity and representation must be key
The UK’s creative industries were already an unequal playing field before Covid-19 struck – with an uncertain future and high levels of self-employment, we must ensure that all stories can be told
We can ‘Build Back Better’ using the Sustainable Development Goals as a ‘ready-made’ roadmap to recovery
Coronavirus
By Theo Clarke MP and Lord McConnell
We can ‘Build Back Better’ using the Sustainable Development Goals as a ‘ready-made’ roadmap to recovery
The Sustainable Development Goals offer us a way of building more resilient and sustainable economies and healthier societies, ensuring that nations are better able to deal with future economic, climate and health shocks.
We need an urgent inquiry into the role of the welfare state to tackle widening inequality in Britain
Education
By Debbie Abrahams MP
We need an urgent inquiry into the role of the welfare state to tackle widening inequality in Britain
The widening of the attainment gap in primary schools, due to a rising number of disadvantaged children living in persistent poverty should act as a stark wake up call to us all.
Boost free school meals to avert ‘slow-motion disaster’ of hunger and malnutrition, ministers urged
Coronavirus
Boost free school meals to avert ‘slow-motion disaster’ of hunger and malnutrition, ministers urged
The Government should dramatically increase the number of children eligible for free school meals to address the “slow-motion disaster of the British diet”, according to a major review.
We need a Covid Legacy Bill that puts health, wellbeing and happiness at the heart of decision-making
Coronavirus
By Debbie Abrahams MP
We need a Covid Legacy Bill that puts health, wellbeing and happiness at the heart of decision-making
Coronavirus has laid bare the deep inequalities in our country and the consequences they are having for people’s lives.
Coronavirus: Government urged to expand support for vulnerable pupils as three-quarters of teachers warn of lack of engagement
Coronavirus
Coronavirus: Government urged to expand support for vulnerable pupils as three-quarters of teachers warn of lack of engagement
Ministers must do more to re-engage vulnerable children in education as schools remain shut because of the coronavirus pandemic, a new report has warned.
Poorest people in England more than twice as likely to die from coronavirus as richest, new figures show
Coronavirus
Poorest people in England more than twice as likely to die from coronavirus as richest, new figures show
The poorest people in England are more than twice as likely to die from coronavirus than those living in the richest areas, bleak new figures have shown.
Without bold and urgent action, Covid-19 will widen health inequalities
Coronavirus
By Jon Ashworth MP
Without bold and urgent action, Covid-19 will widen health inequalities
Covid-19 is a ticking time bomb. While this virus is a deadly risk for everyone, we can’t ignore its disproportionate impact in poorer and BAME communities.