Dr Rob Couch is a registered Environmental Health Practitioner with experience in the public, private, academic and charity sectors across the UK and internationally. He currently works in a shared public health team across three local authorities in the East of England. When not in practice his wider research interests include the environmental health workforce and how Doughnut Economics can help to create more equitable, inclusive and sustainable cities. Rob is also a co-founder of the UK Environmental Health Research Network, which promotes the role of research, publication and more evidence-based environmental health.

• 1. Introduction 2. Why local government EHPs matter? 3. How do EHPs tackle environmental health inequalities? 4. The regulatory context and limits of environmental health law 5. Urbington Metropolitan Municipality strategies and controls 6. The views of Urbington’s EHPs 7. Relations with the regulated 8. Conclusions and recommendations

Dr Rob Couch is a registered Environmental Health Practitioner with experience in the public, private, academic and charity sectors across the UK and internationally. He currently works in a shared public health team across three local authorities in the East of England. When not in practice his wider research interests include the environmental health workforce and how Doughnut Economics can help to create more equitable, inclusive and sustainable cities. Rob is also a co-founder of the UK Environmental Health Research Network, which promotes the role of research, publication and more evidence-based environmental health.

• 1. Introduction 2. Why local government EHPs matter? 3. How do EHPs tackle environmental health inequalities? 4. The regulatory context and limits of environmental health law 5. Urbington Metropolitan Municipality strategies and controls 6. The views of Urbington’s EHPs 7. Relations with the regulated 8. Conclusions and recommendations

Dr Rob Couch is a registered Environmental Health Practitioner with experience in the public, private, academic and charity sectors across the UK and internationally. He currently works in a shared public health team across three local authorities in the East of England. When not in practice his wider research interests include the environmental health workforce and how Doughnut Economics can help to create more equitable, inclusive and sustainable cities. Rob is also a co-founder of the UK Environmental Health Research Network, which promotes the role of research, publication and more evidence-based environmental health.

• 1. Introduction 2. Why local government EHPs matter? 3. How do EHPs tackle environmental health inequalities? 4. The regulatory context and limits of environmental health law 5. Urbington Metropolitan Municipality strategies and controls 6. The views of Urbington’s EHPs 7. Relations with the regulated 8. Conclusions and recommendations