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The government must do more to tackle health inequalities. We need to build a society where someone’s health and life chances are not determined by their social status at birth.

Keynote speech by Labour's shadow public health minister. The speech addresses a 'pornification' of popular British culture, the sexualisation of British adolescence and the rise of 'sexting' and 'slut-shaming' in schools.

Diane Abbott MP, Labour’s shadow public health minister, responds to the Department of Health’s announcement that 100 hospitals are to take part in £25 maternity unit makeover.

We need to work towards creating a society in which young people and adults can navigate their sexualities without risk of shame, harassment or violence. Diane writes for the Huffington Post UK.

Diane Abbott MP, MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington responds to the news that Kingsland fire station and Hackney police station is closing

Diane Abbott has criticised the Government's £2million television campaign encouraging healthier diets as an 'insult' when record numbers now rely on food banks, and the government's own obesity policies are a disaster.

Diane Abbott responds to the publication of a new book - Postfeminist Education? - showing that girls face conflicting expectations

A survey of all Cancer Networks in England, published today by Labour, reveals deep budget and staffing cuts.

Diane Abbott says the government is ‘stuck in the crisis zone’ after the release of National Child Measurement Programme statistics

Shadow minister for Public Health Diane Abbott has urged the Tory-led government to live up to the promises made regarding women having caesareans