The National Food Strategy has published part one of a government commissioned report looking at the food system in England. Recommendations include making sure disadvantaged children are not left behind by:...
“Although the Covid-19 crisis has caused grim new problems for Leicester’s garment workers, the exploitation detailed in the report is not new. Concerns about working conditions and illegally low pay in...
The BBC’s weekly The Boss series profiles different business leaders from around the world. This week we speak to Louise Hill, founder of GoHenry, a banking business that provides debit cards for...
The National Food Strategy has published part one of a government commissioned report looking at the food system in England. Recommendations include making sure disadvantaged children are not left behind by: expanding free school meals to 1.5...
“Although the Covid-19 crisis has caused grim new problems for Leicester’s garment workers, the exploitation detailed in the report is not new. Concerns about working conditions and illegally low pay in Leicester’s factories have been subject to...
The BBC’s weekly The Boss series profiles different business leaders from around the world. This week we speak to Louise Hill, founder of GoHenry, a banking business that provides debit cards for children. Read the full article on this link to...
Almost 2,500 children have been admitted to hospital with malnutrition in the first six months of the year – double the number over the same period last year – prompting fresh concern that families are struggling to afford to feed themselves and...
Four single mothers have told the government they are seeking a judicial review into unpaid child maintenance. The women said they wanted to “challenge the persistent failure” of the Child Maintenance Service. Latest figures show £354m...
The coronavirus pandemic is threatening to derail women’s careers and take UK society back to a 1950s style of living, experts have warned, as research showed the proportion of mothers responsible for 90 to 100% of childcare increased from 27% to...
Britain risks entrenching deep class, ethnic, gender, educational, generational and geographical divides unless the government acts to tackle inequality, a leading thinktank has said. A report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies said the Covid...
Girls at risk of child marriage are falling under the radar of authorities in England and Wales because of a lack of record-keeping by more than half of the departments responsible for children’s social care, a charity has warned. IKWRO women’s...
Children from wealthier families are spending more time each day studying in the coronavirus lockdown compared with the poorest, according to new research. A survey of families in England suggests better-off children will have studied for around...
Food banks will be unable to keep pace with spiralling demand for emergency food parcels from the growing numbers of low-income families struggling with coronavirus-related economic hardship, the UK’s largest food bank network has warned. The...
