Articles & Opinion

Same Storm, Different Boats – The Impacts of Climate Change Falls Unevenly and Unequally on Society

It is easy to think of climate change as a problem for future generations to deal with and tackle, especially if the effects of climate change are not felt directly. But millions of people around the world do...

June 21, 2021
Articles & OpinionLooked After Children

A Család Az Család: Amit az azonos neműek örökbefogadásáról, és az azonos nemű gyámszülőkről tanultunk Angliában az elmúlt 15 évben.

On the 30th December 2020 we published this article in English. It was written to help inform an audience in Hungary as well as those interested in the topic in the UK. What follows here is the translation of...

June 1, 2021
Articles & Opinion

The world is as dreadful or as wonderful as we want it to be

In a special International edition of our #BBBYouthWelfare series, run in partnership with De Montfort University, we were delighted to welcome Rakesh Rajani a Tanzanian civil society leader who is now an...

May 28, 2021

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Articles & OpinionPoverty

Child Poverty: The problem with parents…

In a recent blog the executive director of Oxfam predicted that if current trends in global wealth continue then by next year the combined wealth of the richest 1% of the world’s population will overtake that of the other 99% of its people. It is...

October 10, 2017
Articles & OpinionPoverty

Charity Nation

Have you noticed the remarkable increase in charity appeals for a whole range of ‘good causes’ – medical, social and environmental? It would be hard to miss them I guess given that the BBC seems to have become the State collection box for a good...

October 10, 2017
Articles & OpinionPoverty

Four Cheers for Paying Tax

The economist Milton Friedman, who many people would cite as the Godfather of Neoliberalism, observed on a number of occasions that tax taken from an individual without their consent amounts to theft by the State. This particular notion has been...

October 9, 2017