Time spent alone during the pandemic led to positive effects on well-being across all...

Time spent alone during the pandemic led to positive effects on well-being across all ages, new research has found. The study of more than 2000...

New New Manchester report suggests pandemic policing undermines public health measures whilst disproportionately targeting...

A new report raises concerns about the policing of the pandemic and shows that racially minoritised communities have been most harshly affected - being...

Jeremy Corbyn speaks at Manchester launch of clothing poverty campaign

Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn MP has spoken at the launch of a new campaign to expose clothing poverty during the current cost of...

Tech firms must clamp down on illegal online materials says Ofcom

Tech companies must focus on protecting children from abuse, grooming and pro-suicide content says Ofcom in its first steps as the enforcer of online...

Charity reveals rise in food for children is behind increased foodbank use this summer

An increase in demand for emergency food for children drove increased foodbank need during the summer holidays last year, new data published by anti-poverty...

Manchester study-Pandemic ‘shielding’ led to two-fold rise in depressive symptoms in over 50s

Older people who were shielding throughout the pandemic were nearly twice as likely to experience depressive symptoms compared to those who were not, even...

Social care spending in the North is lower than the rest of Eng;and says...

Researchers are  shining a light on how multiple injustices are having a disproportionate impact on disabled northerners. Today’s analysis tells a story of people being...

New report reveals link between online and offline violence against women journalists

A groundbreaking report into online violence against women journalists is calling for urgent action by UK policymakers to protect lives, livelihoods and press freedom. The...

Nearly 700,000 more people in poverty due to Covid though Government measures have saved...

A new report out this morning by the Legatum Institute provides the first estimates of poverty in Winter 2020 and shows that, although the...

Sleepwalking into a cashless society will leave millions in society behind

Millions of consumers across the UK face being left behind if we don’t plan properly for an increasingly cashless society. That's according to a report...