Campaigners call for end to ‘two child limit’ affecting almost 90,000 Greater Manchester Children
The End Child Poverty Coalition has produced figures on the number of children who are impacted by the two-child limit to benefit payments in...
7 in 10 disabled workers earn less than £15 an hour
Around seven in 10 disabled employees earn less than £15 an hour, according to new analysis of official statistics published by the TUC today...
Focus on state as ‘problem parent’ rather than care-experienced mothers
Mothers, with a criminal record and who have also been through the care system, could well face negative judgements and excessive scrutiny by virtue...
Listen very carefully: TV sitcoms give clues to why Brits voted for Brexit
Classic British TV comedies such as ‘Allo ‘Allo, Dad’s Army and Fawlty Towers offer a way to understand the political cultures that led to...
Nearly half of older adults who left the workforce in 2020–21 ended up in...
New research shows that nearly half of of 50- to 70-year-olds who had recently left the workforce in 2020–21 have ended up in...
Manchester and Wigan Councils to share in Chewing gum clean up fund
Manchester Council and Wigan Council are among 50 councils across the UK are to receive grants totalling more than £1.2 million to remove discarded...
Sexual harassment and abuse of female students and staff a serious problem in education,...
MPs are calling for a specific Government strategy for engaging with boys and young men in schools on topics of sexual harassment and gender-based...
Not all children think of themselves as being a child, Manchester study finds.
One in four children who took part in the study said that they were not a child. This was most likely to be the...
1.3 million disabled workers trapped in insecure work in UK – and 430,000 want...
New research by the Work Foundation at Lancaster University reveals 1.3 million disabled workers are trapped in severely insecure work in the UK –...
Marks and Spencer offer money back scheme for children’s clothes in exchange for used...
Retailer Marks & Spencer is expanding its long-standing Shwopping partnership with Oxfam for the Back-to-School season with dedicated school uniform Shwop boxes in over...