People aged over 50 who lose their jobs are significantly more likely to suffer long-term unemployment than other age groups, analysis has revealed. Older workers who lose their jobs are more than twice as...
National Audit Office said number of people needing shelter was eight times greater than thought.
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Campaigners and Labour politicians have criticised “woefully inadequate” food parcels sent to families eligible for free school meals after images of packages were shared online. Read more.
Homeless Link has published a report on the experiences and perspectives of young people facing homelessness across England. Recommendations based on interviews with 45 young people aged 16-25 who have experienced homelessness include: government...
Public support for more generous welfare benefits is at its highest level for more than two decades, amid new evidence that societal views on social security and immigration are becoming significantly more liberal, according to the latest annual...
There have been far too few care leavers going to university for far too long. The numbers are staggering: just 12% of care-experienced pupils compared to 42% of their peers. It’s not fair that care leavers should have far worse educational and life...
Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children are waiting “far too long” at a Kent intake unit, receiving inadequate welfare interviews and, in some cases, being mistakenly sent to adult detention facilities, inspectors have found. In a report from an...
An open letter to the Prime Minister, signed by more than 2,000 paediatricians, argues that “childhood hunger is an issue that should transcend politics, good nutrition is at the heart of health, wellbeing and development for children and young...
Universities must act to eradicate discrimination against working-class students, including the mockery of regional accents, equality campaigners have said. A Guardian investigation has found widespread evidence of students at some of the country’s...
Foreign rough sleepers face being deported from Britain under draconian immigration laws to be introduced when the Brexit transition period ends. Under the immigration rules to be laid before parliament and due to come into force on 1 January, rough...
The court of appeal has quashed a Home Office policy of removing migrants from the UK without access to justice. In a unanimous decision, three judges found the policy, which allowed the forcible removal of a migrant from the UK sometimes within...
More than 30 influential education leaders have written a letter to ministers urging the government to support footballer Marcus Rashford’s campaign on free school meals. Rashford has already successfully campaigned for free school meals to be...
Spiritual and emotional abuse of LGBT people is a “ticking timebomb” for churches in the UK and could lead to legal action and demands for redress, campaigners have said. “Churches urgently need to wake up to spiritual, emotional and psychological...
