Manchester residents urged to share the joy of reading
Residents of Manchester are being urged to do their bit to help improve children’s literacy across Greater Manchester.
A campaign called ‘Gift Of Books’ is...
UK’s reliance on unpaid carers is unsustainable, research warns
The UK Government needs to urgently implement new carers’ employment rights and work with employers to better support carers in the workplace, a new...
Labour announces new plan to support older people with care needs and those living...
The Labour Party has announced new plans for a major increase in the number of home care packages for older people and people living...
Credit deserts where loan sharks still reign
Rochdale has been identified as one of twenty nine areas in the country home to "credit deserts" where people struggle to find affordable borrowing...
Labour pledges to scrap Universal Credit
Jeremy Corbyn will today announce that Labour will scrap Universal Credit, calling the flagship Tory welfare reform “inhumane” and an “unmitigated disaster”.
Speaking at a...
More than five million workers are still earning below the Living wage
Just under one-fifth (19%) of UK jobs pay below the real Living Wage according to data released by KPMG
After a setback last year, the...
Channel 4 goes back to school to discuss the issue of unconscious racial bias...
Channel 4’s bold and engaging new series will explore a ground-breaking programme that tests for unconscious racial bias in an ordinary class of 11...
Better services and not tougher legislation needed to tackle persistent Spice use within homeless...
Spice’s popularity among some members of the homeless community causes a uniquely dangerous cocktail of physical, mental and societal harms that must be addressed...
Call for palliative care to be adapted for severely ill Covid-19 patients
Emergency-style palliative care needs to implemented to meet the needs of Covid-19 patients who wouldn’t benefit from a ventilator say researchers.
This is the first...
Researchers to track impact of lockdown on alcohol, gambling and pornography use
Is the lockdown leading us to drink more alcohol or spend more time gambling online or watching pornography? Researchers today launch a survey aimed...