Labour Party Conference events

Please note all events are inside the secure zone and attendees must hold a Labour Party Conference pass.

Health Equity North is holding, with the Northern Health Science Alliance, a number of events at the Labour Party Conference 2024 in Liverpool on Tuesday 24th September:

08:30 to 10:00- Health Equity North – Woman of the North – inequality, health and work.

Venue: Leonardo Hotel – Meeting Room 1  

Private Breakfast Roundtable 

This event will focus on what can be done to close the unequal challenges and inequity women in the North face compared to those in the rest of the country. Women in the North are more likely to live shorter lives in poorer mental and physical health and to work more hours for less pay. On top of this, they are more likely to be an unpaid carer, live in poverty and to have fewer qualifications.  

We will be joined by

• Jess Phillips MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls)
• Tracy Brabin Mayor of West Yorkshire
• Kim McGuinness, Mayor of North East
• Professor Louise Kenny, Executive Pro-Vice-Chancellor, University of Liverpool

12:30 – 14:00 – Child of the North Panel Event – How can a Labour Government tackle child poverty and create opportunity for children across the North?

Venue:  Leonardo Hotel – Meeting Room 1 

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This panel event will focus on addressing inequalities confronting children across the North examining the importance of the first 1,000 days of a child’s life, and the Labour Party’s strategies aimed at breaking down barriers to opportunity, raising standards and creating a better future for children across our region. 

We will be joined by:

• Chair – Kate Proctor, UK News Lead for Save the Children and child poverty spokesperson
• Terri White, Journalist and Campaigner
• Bridget Phillipson MP, Secretary of State for Education (invited)
• Anna Turley MP for Redcar
• Kim McGuinness, Mayor of the North East
• Professor David Taylor-Robinson, Academic Co-Director Health Equity North, and Professor of Public Health and Policy at the University of Liverpool
• Professor Kate Pickett, Academic Co-Director Health Equity North, and Professor of Epidemiology, University of York