Northern regions grapple with significant socioeconomic inequalities, with widespread poverty limiting individual talent utilisation and opportunity access.
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- Health & Medicine
Your Neighbourhood May Affect Your Survival from Stroke, Other Neurologic Conditions – Reveals New Study
Areas with higher poverty levels and fewer educational and employment opportunities had an increased risk of dying within a month of being hospitalised for stroke.
- Society & Culture
Government Tax Plans Will Have Greater Impact on Poorer Families Than Proposed National Insurance Increases
by News Releaseby News ReleaseGovernment plans to stick with the 20% tax band and current personal tax allowance could be more significant for lower-earning families.
- Society & Culture
Smoking-Related Poverty Concentrated in the North and Midlands
by Psychregby PsychregSmokers in the North and Midlands were more likely to be in poverty than those in London and the South East.
- Mental Health & Well-Being
Entrepreneur Launches Charity to Help Ugandans in Need
by Psychregby PsychregTulinawe, which means ‘we are with you’ in Ugandan, provides short-term financial aid in unexpected hardship.
- Society & Culture
Marcus Rashford MBE and Child Food Poverty Task Force Launch New Website to Support Families Over Christmas Holiday
by Psychregby PsychregMarcus Rashford MBE and the Child Food Poverty Task Force have launched a new website today.
- Education & Learning
BPS Calls for Universal Free Internet Access to Tackle the Digital Divide and the Impact of COVID-19 on Poverty in the UK
by Psychregby PsychregThe British Psychological Society is making recommendations to the Government to tackle poverty and inequality, including calling for free internet access.
We would like to invite you to the ‘Poverty, Pathology and Pills’ symposium in London on Tuesday 15th and Wednesday 16th January.
- Mental Health & Well-Being
What Happens to the Brains of Children in Poverty and How that Changes the Way They Develop
by Tarun Vermaby Tarun VermaPoverty is associated with various deficiencies of resources that are necessary for the optimal growth of human body and brain.