The UK’s six richest people control as much wealth as the poorest 13 million, according to research into the gaping inequality in British society. Six billionaires at the top of the UK wealth league have a combined fortune of £39.4bn, which...
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At least 135,000 children in Britain to be homeless at Christmas
At least 135,000 children will be homeless and living in temporary accommodation across Britain on Christmas day – the highest number for 12 years – according to the housing charity Shelter. It estimates that a child loses their home every eight...
Benefit-rent gap for poorest tenants widens to £113 a month
Benefit cuts mean Britain’s poorest private tenants are having to find an average of £113 a month to meet a shortfall between their housing benefit payments and their rent, putting many at risk of poverty and homelessness. Official data obtained by...
Parts of England ‘have higher mortality rates than Turkey’
Regional divides in the UK are among the worst in the developed world, according to a report, which found that parts of England have higher mortality rates than places in Turkey, Romania and Poland. Research by the thinktank IPPR North found that...
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UK plummets from 11th to 156th in global children’s rights rankings
The UK has been accused of employing “inadequate” provision for children’s rights protection after it fell dramatically in global rankings for child rights within a year, from 11th to 156th. Serious concerns have been raised about structural...
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High Court judge bans protesters from outside primary school in LGBT teaching row
A High Court judge has ruled in favour of an exclusion zone to remain in place outside Anderton Park School in Birmingham, following months of demonstrations against the teaching of LGBT education. Birmingham Council said the noisy protests...
Steps to Safety: evaluation report
The NSPCC has published a report evaluating the Steps to Safety early intervention programme for parents of children under 5-years-old which aims to prevent domestic abuse from happening by helping parents identify and manage their emotions, and...
Teachers report sharp increase in child poverty
Nearly two thirds of teachers and school staff say there has been an increase in child poverty in their school or college in the past five years, a survey has found. Read the full article on this link to Children & Young People Now Share...
Parents win right to prayer-free alternative to religious assemblies
Two parents who challenged compulsory religious worship in school assembly have won the right for a secular alternative for their children. A Church of England multi-academy said it would allow the children to withdraw from the assembly and prayers...
