Apprenticeship system is failing people from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Workers from disadvantaged backgrounds are being left behind by the apprenticeship system, with numbers slumping by more than a third since the introduction of...

Christmas Call of Duty for loot boxes and skin betting to be legally-recognised forms...

Ahead of the festive season, the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) has published a report today revealing what young people see as the...

Almost half of children saw their social and emotional skills worsen during the pandemic

Nearly half of parents  reported that their child’s social and emotional skills had worsened during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. By contrast, just...

New report shows almost £30bn health cost of England’s most deprived communities

People in England’s most deprived neighbourhoods work longer hours than those in the rest of the country but live shorter lives with more years...

Record decline in viewing of traditional TV

Traditional TV viewing in the UK has seen its sharpest ever decline over the past year, according to broadcasting watchdog OFCOM BBC One remains the...

How the University of Salford’s domestic abuse service is helping different groups to access...

The University of Salford’s specialist domestic abuse service is hoping NO MORE Week will raise awareness and encourage anyone who may need it to...

Sky to tackle digital inequality and enhance skills of 250,000 people with £10m fund

Sky have announced an ambitious new goal to tackle digital inequality and provide support to a quarter of a million digitally excluded people through...

Risk of long COVID higher for people living in most deprived areas

New research has found that the risk of long COVID is strongly associated with area-level deprivation, with the odds of having long COVID 46...

The unfair ‘double whammy’ of minority ethnic children in care

Children in care who come from an ethnic minority background can experience a 'double whammy' of disadvantage when it comes to youth justice involvement,...

Young workers in North West are four times more likely to work in sectors...

New analysis published by the TUC shows that young workers (aged 25 and under) in the North West face the highest risk of unemployment due to...