In a rollercoaster year for Universal Credit, Rishi Sunak has pulled away extra help for the worst-off people, and returned to a decade-old focus on rewarding work. This helps some working families, but the Minimum Income Standard analysis shows it...
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Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children three years behind at school, report warns
The majority of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children are more than three years behind their non-migrant peers at school by the time they take their GCSEs, research warns. Read the full article on this link to Children & Young People Now Share...
Mental health pilot for children in care ‘needs more refinement’
Virtual mental health pilots for children in care need improvement if they are to be rolled out UK-wide, after evaluation found that just one centre involved in the trial plans to carry on offering the support. The Department for Education-funded...
Indian activists who helped change the face of modern Britain
As Britain looked to recover and rebuild after the devastation of World War Two it turned to the Commonwealth. But many of the migrants who filled crucial jobs amid labour shortages routinely encountered racism and discrimination. Read the full...
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Families furthest below MIS excluded from social security gains
In a rollercoaster year for Universal Credit, Rishi Sunak has pulled away extra help for the worst-off people, and returned to a decade-old focus on rewarding work. This helps some working families, but the Minimum Income Standard analysis shows it...
Youth homelessness could reach five-year high this Christmas
The number of young homeless people in England this Christmas could reach a five-year high, according to homelessness charity Centrepoint. The charity, which works with under-25s, predicts over 29,000 18-34-year-olds face being homeless this year...
Self-respect through street art
A fine mist of self-expression, grassroots politics, protest and youth culture was sprayed out of the nozzle of paint cans when Leicestershire Cares teamed up with arts organisation Pedestrian to create a new mural for our warehouse space. The...
