Our guest this week on the Working on Wellbeing podcast is Kim Leadbeater, a Member of Parliament (MP) in the United Kingdom. She is the current Labour MP for Batley and Spen. 

Kim hasn’t taken the traditional route into politics, and her background in Sport Health, and Wellbeing science equips her with unique tools to advocate for a wellbeing-first approach to politics. Last year, she launched the ‘Healthy Britain’ report, outlining her recommendations for a new approach to health and wellbeing policy.   

Kim’s work focuses on finding ways to embed wellbeing into the heart of all government decisions and policy, by taking a cross-departmental approach. She advocates for putting measures in place to treat root causes and prevent people from becoming ill, rather than ‘patching people up’ once they are struggling. Kim discusses her recommendations with host Sarah Cunningham, which range from encouraging grass-roots sports amongst children to designing housing and transport systems that facilitate social connection. 

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