One in 10 UK families – about 3m households – are facing a cost of living crunch this winter, unable to cover even basic bills such as food and heating, according to Citizens Advice. One in five of all adults had cut back on their food shop or...
In this blog, Lucy Bannister (JRF Policy Campaigns Manager) explains how following the £20 cut to Universal Credit, changes to the taper rate and work allowance give some support for working families—but support for people out of work remains...
More than 300,000 workers in the UK will get a pay rise from Monday as the charity behind the voluntary real living wage raises the minimum hourly rate amid growing fears over a squeeze on household incomes this winter. Set by the Living Wage...
Children’s rights will be officially included in a Care Review framework that draws up new proposals to reform children’s social care, following a successful campaign by sector leaders. The move means the review, which has entered its penultimate...
The United Nations’ (UN’s) 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence began on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and runs until 10 December, Human Rights Day. To mark this, the...
Homeless people and those in poor housing are at increasing risk from the climate crisis, while suffering the consequences of our dependence on costly fossil fuels, housing charities have warned. Read the full article on this link to The Guardian...
My panel oversees reviews into detention cases of people with autism. I see how the system fails those it should help Sheila Hollins is emeritus professor of psychiatry of learning disability at St George’s University, London Read the full article...
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Children services leaders have called for major youth justice reforms, including raising the age of criminal responsibility and creating a more “responsive and child centred system”. They also want a reformed system in place to better support young...
