New project launches to combat inequalities in education
The University of Manchester and Tutor Trust have joined forces to launch a new research-based social justice project which seeks to combat inequalities in...
Covid-19 crisis has caused the biggest annual employment fall for older workers since the...
The Covid-19 crisis has led to the biggest annual employment fall for workers over 50 since the 1980s, according to a new report published...
Adults with learning disabilities feel left behind as rest of society is freed from...
The lives of adults with learning disabilities and their carers are still a long way from returning to normal despite COVID-19 restrictions lifting, according...
Half a million cancer suffers take financial hit during pandemic
New analysis from Macmillan Cancer Support finds that around half a million people with cancer in the UK have taken a financial hit from...
New rules crack down on illegal ads and protect children online
Social media platforms, websites and services like advertising display networks will have to take tougher action to stop children seeing age-restricted adverts for products...
Report finds poor and ethnically diverse areas miss out on health benefits of public...
A report out today has found that there is is significant imbalance between the number of paths available to the most and least deprived...
Contactless now accounts for more than a quarter of all UK payments
For the first time in six years, the total number of payments in the UK declined, falling by 11 per cent to 35.6 billion...
MP’s call on Government to update its energy bills support to help the most...
The Government should immediately update its package of support to help households with soaring energy bills before the cost-of-living crisis grips even harder following...
Nominate Manchester’s King and Queen Bees for this year’s Be Proud awards
Manchester residents are invited to nominate the community champions and unsung heroes who keep their communities buzzing for a Be Proud award.
This year's categories include a...
Women ‘brushed off’ by the health care system to ‘suffer in silence’, study reveals
Many women feel they are not being listened to about their health needs – with older women feeling “invisible” to health professionals, and women...