The rising cost of living and new technology are leading to record levels of exploitation in the UK, the independent anti-slavery commissioner (IASC) has warned. Read the full article on this link to BBC Share this:...
More than a fifth of UK’s ‘austerity children’ scarred by poverty, study says
Researchers say hardship is a direct legacy of welfare benefit cuts imposed by Tory governments in recent years Read the full article on this link to The Guardian Share this: Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on...
‘People are so judgmental’: the growing cohort of over-55s facing homelessness
Richard Hewett, who was forced to sleep in his car when his relationship broke down, is one of many in the UK hit by rising costs and a lack of social housing Read the full article on this link to The Guardian Share...
Child and family welfare
The Department for Education (DfE) has published findings from the second wave of the Children of the 2020s longitudinal study in England, measuring the circumstances and outcomes of children and their families. The...
Briefing: Inequality and the Child Poverty Strategy – The Equality Trust
On 13 January 2026, the Co-Executive Director Priya Sahni-Nicholas spoke at Public Policy Exchange’s event to discuss the recently published Child Poverty Strategy, Tackling Child Poverty: Improving Welfare, Security...
Labour admits 60% of parents wrongly targeted in HMRC child benefit fraud crackdown
More than 60% of parents who had their child benefit stopped by HMRC using incorrect Home Office travel data were not fraudulently claiming the support from abroad, it has emerged. Read the full article on this link...
