Campaigners are calling on candidates running for police and crime commissioner roles in England and Wales to help reduce the criminalisation of children in care and care leavers. The National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS) has today (24 February)...
BAME Britons more likely to face higher living costs, study finds
Britons from black and ethnic minority backgrounds are among several groups facing disproportionately high living costs because of the likelihood of being hit by the “poverty premium”, academics have said. Read the full article on this link to The...
UK homeless deaths rise by more than a third in a year, study finds
Deaths among homeless people have risen by more than a third in a year, according to an analysis by a social justice group that found that almost 1,000 unhoused people had died across the UK in 2020. Read the full article on this link to The...
Covid has created legions of unpaid carers who urgently need support themselves
Last year, the health and social care select committee highlighted the social care system as “unfair, confusing, demeaning and frightening for the most vulnerable people in our society and their families”. But while the select committee’s report...
One in six new universal credit claimants forced to skip meals
Many people claiming universal credit for the first time during the pandemic were unable to put aside enough cash to save £10 a month, eat healthily or regularly, or pay bills because the benefit payment was inadequate to meet basic living costs, a...
Lords to examine ‘Increasing lack of support’ for vulnerable children
A new inquiry by the House of Lords aims to find ways public services can improve the support they offer vulnerable children and their families, it has been announced. The inquiry is being launched amid concerns that challenges facing vulnerable...
