Covid lockdown loneliness linked to more depressive symptoms in older adults
Loneliness in adults aged 50 and over during the COVID-19 lockdown was linked to worsening depressive and other mental health symptoms, according to a...
Our sense of community is falling data shows
Positive engagement with our neighbours, such as exchanging favours or stopping to talk and our sense of belonging to our neighbourhoods across the UK...
Expanding welfare benefits improves mental health
Austerity-style reductions to welfare benefits have detrimental effects on mental health, particularly for more vulnerable groups in society who are also most affected by...
UK’s Five Richest Families Now Own More Wealth Than The Bottom 13 Million People
New analysis by The Equality Trust, using the wealth estimates of Forbes and Credit Suisse, reveals a shocking level of wealth inequality in the...
Government rejects Rashford’s plea for free school meals during holidays
The Government has rejected calls from Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford to provide free school meals to children during all school holidays as part...
Nearly half of households surveyed at food banks during the summer owed money to...
The Trussell Trust has published a new report Lift the Burden revealing that one in two households at food banks (47%), already struggling to...
UK home to the third highest childcare costs in Europe
The latest research by Cuckooz Nest, a flexible workspace with integrated creche facilities, has looked at the high cost of childcare in the UK...
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...
Further urgent action needed to avoid homelessness, as well as economic crisis
The cost of living crisis could have a ‘catastrophic’ impact on homelessness if the new Prime Minister and her Government do not treat it...
Report warns that an additional 400,000 people pulled into poverty by mortgage rates of...
An additional 120,000 households, or 400,000 people will be pulled into poverty over the coming year due to rises in mortgage rates according to...