Over the last few decades, the UK’s inequality has increased rapidly. We’re all familiar with the headlines – record profits and CEO pay, billionaire wealth spiralling out of control, luxury developments in...
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Bedsit Britain: 160,000 people in England crammed into unlicensed housing
Nearly 160,000 people are living in hidden, often overcrowded and sometimes dangerous bedsit-style accommodation across England, analysis has found. Intelligence compiled by councils suggests there are almost 32,000...
Thousands of babies and toddlers falling sick from damp homes in Britain, NHS doctor warns
Exclusive: Nearly 31,000 children aged four or under admitted to hospital each year in England due to respiratory virus, with 80% developing acute bronchiolitis Read the full article on this link to The Guardian Share...
UK ‘in violation of international law’ over poverty levels, says UN envoy
Exclusive: Special rapporteur Olivier De Schutter to urge ministers to increase welfare spending on visit to country this week Read the full article on this link to The Guardian Share this:Click to share on Twitter...
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Early years funding rates uplift ‘not enough’ to prevent closures, providers warn
A Department for Education uplift of early years funding rates worth £400m will “fall short” of what providers need to deliver the government’s planned expansion of the funded childcare offer, sector leaders have said...
Childcare: £400m to expand free scheme in England
The government is to invest £400m in its plans to expand free childcare for working parents in England from April. The Department for Education (DfE) has also announced an increase in funding rates for nursery places...
Youth custody
HM Inspectorate of Prisons has published a report examining youth custody in England and Wales. The report looks at the experiences of 12- to 18-year-olds in custody through surveys and independent reviews of progress...
Powering Up Sports Leaders – Leicestershire Cares
The Powering Up project has delivered a weekly football session since the summer of 2022. The aim of this session was to use football as a vehicle to engage young people from a range of communities including those who...
Children and violence
The Youth Endowment Fund has published a report on children’s experiences of violence in England and Wales which includes a survey of over 7,500 teenagers. Findings include: 47% of teens had been a victim or witness of...
All children classed as homeless must be taken into care, children’s commissioner says
Every child assessed as homeless by their local authority should be brought into care, the children’s commissioner for England has said after research revealed that almost 6,500 teenagers were homeless or at risk of...