Universal Credit childcare costs support acting as barrier to work, MPs warn
The report from the Work and Pensions Committee highlights how many of the problems with the system preventing parents entering work identified by the...
Study calls for legal reform on ‘hidden crime’ few male victims will talk about
A call for a change in the law to class men, forced to have sex with women, as rape victims has been made in...
U.K. has the highest housing costs in the English-speaking world
Brits spend more on housing than their counterparts in New Zealand, Ireland, Australia and Canada – comparable countries that have similar housing crisis issues
A...
Digital divide: Poorer households left behind in broadband race during cost of living crisis
Poorer households are being left behind in the “broadband slow lane” despite relying more heavily on the internet at a time of rising prices,...
Over 7m households still have no broadband or internet access say peers
4m people are still unable to complete a single basic digital task to get online,5m workers will be acutely under skilled in basic digital...
Councils have lessons to learn on homelessness says Salford report
A Salford Academic who has studied the impact of new laws giving councils a legal duty to prevent homelessness says lessons now need to be...
Poorer areas worst hit by rapid move to fee-charging cashpoints and Manchester Central is...
Deprived areas are losing free cash machines at a much faster rate than affluent ones across the UK – forcing thousands of people in...
Salford launches a new collaborative to offer mental health support to people affected by...
Working together, NHS Salford Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and Salford City Council have supported Mind in Salford, mental health charity START and Six Degrees...
Implementation of Children’s social care strategy unambitious and slow, say Peers
The Government's Strategy to reform Children's Social Care lacks the scale, ambition, funding and pace to have any immediate benefit with most children, families...
43,000 children to benefit from food vouchers and extra support in Manchester this Christmas
Around 43,000 children and their families in Manchester are set to benefit from a helping hand with their food shopping to make sure they...