The new Social Change Catalyst Blog for December 2025, comes from Prof. Kate Pickett, Professor of Epidemiology at University of York and Centre Director for the Born in Bradford Centre for Social Change at York.

In response to the announcement of the Child Poverty Strategy, Professor Kate Pickett, Chair of the Cost of Living research group welcomes the Government’s ambition but urges them to go further still to ensure no child is left behind.

In this article, Jonathan Bradshaw and Karen Bloor, review figures from the updated Indices of Deprivation and what these tell us about York in 2025.