Election turnout divide between rich and poor is growing says report

The turnout divide between richer and poorer young voters is deepening, with millennial non-graduates and non-homeowners increasingly unlikely to vote compared to millennial graduates/home-owners. A...

New mothers twice as likely to have post-natal depression in lockdown

Almost half  of women with babies aged six months or younger met the threshold for postnatal depression during the first COVID-19 lockdown, more than...

The Fear of Missing Out: A large amount of phone use takes place on...

Smartphone users frequently check the lock screen of their phones, with this totalling one quarter of the total time they spend on their devices....

New report says levelling-up agenda must tackle health and economic inequalities

A group of distinguished economists including Professor Diane Coyle of Cambridge University and Bloomberg’s Stephanie Flanders have said that the Government’s Northern levelling up...

Half of people will find it harder to follow lockdown rules the longer it...

The research - from the University of York’s Law School - also found that a factor driving people to comply with the lockdown was a strong sense...

Missing in lockdown – new report reveals the vulnerable are more at risk

The number of people who went missing during the first national lockdown in England fell by over a third, compared to data from the...

Peers challenge-government to urgent reforms in adult social care

The continued invisibility of the adult social care sector as a whole is increasingly damaging to both those who draw on care and who...

Children of abused mothers 50% more likely to have low IQ say Manchester researchers

Children of women who reported domestic violence in pregnancy or during the first six years of the child’s life are almost 50% more likely...

Manchester report shows colossal cost to taxpayer for wrongful imprisonments due to joint enterprise...

early £250m each year is spent on processing defendants in cases of joint enterprise (JE) – the legal doctrine that has seen thousands of...

Back to the future for our High Streets

Services such as cafés, markets, and tattoo parlours have thrived even as major retailers struggle amid concerns for the future of the UK high...