On this May Day-It is time to choose a different future on boosting incomes...

This May Day, workers face the worst real-terms incomes squeeze in 50 years. As many of the UK’s biggest companies enjoy booming profits, ordinary...

Government Proposals to Reduce Nursery Ratios Will Compromise Child Safety, Claims Leading Childcare Insurer

According to news reports this week, the government is considering cost of living action measures including reducing the ratio of staff to children in...
Urgent and coordinated action is needed to prevent more children being drawn into the criminal justice system in the future

Urgent action needed to tackle impact of COVID on children in justice system, Manchester...

Urgent and coordinated action is needed to prevent more children being drawn into the criminal justice system in the future, due to increased vulnerabilities...

High depressive symptoms in adolescents increased by 6% due to pandemic

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, depressive symptoms increased and life satisfaction decreased among secondary school children in England, particularly among girls, reports a new...

Insufficient menstrual cycle education provided in UK schools, study finds

Menstrual cycle education in UK schools is inconsistent and inadequate, and teachers feel they lack time, confidence, and subject knowledge, according to new research Researchers...

£8bn hit to UK prosperity as long-Covid and illness drives 400,000 more people from...

A new report, published to mark the launch of a new Commission on Health and Prosperity, warns that the UK’s deep health inequalities and...

New Greater Manchester clinic opens to support people affected by gambling harms

A new treatment and support clinic has opened to help people from across Greater Manchester who are experiencing gambling related harms. Greater Manchester Combined Authority...

Cannabis policy in Britain should be reformed and draw on lessons from liberalising countries...

Cannabis policy in Britain should be reformed and draw on lessons from liberalising countries such as Uruguay to improve criminal and health outcomes, according...

In the poorest parts of England, life expectancy for women is lower than in...

Analysis by the Health Foundation has revealed that life expectancy for women living in the poorest 10% of areas in England is lower than...

Gambling Commission sets new rules on action for at risk customers

New rules ensuring online gambling businesses do more to identify and take action to protect consumers at risk of harm have been introduced by...