MPs urge better job protection for expectant and new mothers
Call for German-style system to reduce ‘shocking’ discrimination, particularly against women in casual work in UK
The Tories must tackle the real cause of obesity: inequality
Fat is a class issue. Most of the seriously obese are poor. Offer a diet of self-esteem, good jobs and social status, and the pounds will fall away
Childhood obesity: UK’s ‘inexcusable’ strategy is wasted opportunity, say experts
Plan to rely on voluntary action by food industry is dismissed as embarrassing by public health experts who condemn failure to restrict advertising aimed at children
Childhood obesity strategy may be watered down, campaigners fear
Experts’ call for ban on junk food price promotions could go unheeded, though tax on sugary drinks expected to go ahead
Give young people and gay men free condoms to reduce STIs, watchdog says
Draft guidance from Nice says councils should consider schemes to provide free advice and condoms to halt rise in HIV and gonorrhoea
Sex education is the only way to combat the terrible toll of child abuse
In the post-Savile era ministers blocked the one step that can protect young people. Help me make PSHE – personal, social and health education – compulsory
LGA urges councils and NHS to provide more help for children’s mental health
LGA report cites assemblies on mental health and peer mentors as initiatives schools and centres could use to tackle anxiety and depression
How to stay happy when the sky is falling in
Brexit, Zika, gun violence, the England football team: there’s been no shortage of bad news lately. Here’s how to look on the bright side
Devolution deals must focus on quality of life, not just economic growth
From Rotterdam’s unique flood prevention to Glasgow’s intelligent street lights, councils now have the chance to prioritise wellbeing
How Brexit could damage our health
We would lose drug research and health service funding as well as free treatment in Europe, and we’d have no external arbiters of food, air and water quality. This is dangerous