Every jobcentre in the UK will have a trained domestic abuse point of contact...
Every jobcentre in the UK will have a trained domestic abuse point of contact by the end of summer, Work and Pensions Secretary Amber...
Drastic rise in retirement age betrays UK women
Today, campaigners lost a significant legal battle against the government's handling of the rise in women's state pension age. The retirement age for women...
UK sitting on Dementia Care cost timebomb
The cost of social care for people living with dementia will nearly treble by 2040, a report by the Care Policy and Evaluation Centre...
New programme aims to help socially excluded groups become entrepreneurs
A new Europe-wide project aims to improve the chances of socially excluded groups and communities to establish and develop businesses.
Elie 2.0 will work with...
Social policy academics say raise Child Benefit to help families in crisis
With millions of families facing a catastrophic loss of income due to the coronavirus, 85 leading social policy academics from universities across the UK,...
Manchester Team to study if writing about lockdown helps you cope
A University of Manchester team of psychologists are to study if writing about difficult or emotionally disturbing experiences during the COVID-19 lockdown can help...
Parents, especially mothers, paying heavy price for lockdown says report
School closures, massive rates of job loss and furloughing, and a shift to working from home are all affecting how parents spend their time,...
Adults now spending a quarter of waking time online
Adults in the UK are now spending more than a quarter of their waking day online with services such as TikTok and Zoom seeing...
Labour calls for more support in areas with local restrictions to avoid high streets...
The failure of government to ensure that emergency economic support is in line with emergency public health restrictions could threaten thousands of jobs and...
COVID-19 social support cuts harming wellbeing of people with dementia and carers
Closures to vital support services, such as day care centres and support groups, have taken a huge toll on the mental wellbeing of people...