The long shadow of deprivation-Bolton and Wigan amongst the cold spots of life chances
The effect of deprivation in dozens of English local authorities is now so persistent that some families face being locked into disadvantage for generations...
Addiction services not equipped to treat the 8 million people drinking at high risk...
Addiction services in England are not equipped to treat the soaring numbers of people drinking at high risk during the pandemic and must receive...
Food banks are forecast to give out six emergency food parcels a minute this...
New research shows food banks are forecast to give out six emergency food parcels a minute this winter.
The Trussell Trust’s new analysis forecasts a...
More alcoholics than ever check into North West rehab
More alcoholics than ever before have admitted themselves into rehab treatment facilities in the North West during the four month peak of the Coronavirus...
Ban the use of unregulated accommodation for under 18s in care says Children’s Commissioner
Anne Longfield, Children’s Commissioner for England, is calling for the Government to change the law to stop councils placing under 18s in care in...
Government unlikely to meet its child obesity targets says report
Tackling childhood obesity is a major challenge, and one that governments have struggled with since the 2000s. It is clear that children living in...
Keep the lifeline: millions set to be worse off unless the Government makes the...
Ministers are being urged to keep a vital lifeline for low-income families by committing to make the temporary £20 per week uplift to Universal...
Salford Drive-In Vigil to Provide Vital Support to Loved Ones of Those Lost to...
Thursday, 10th September, ‘World Suicide Prevention Day’, will see the world’s first pop up drive-in cinema being erected by START a mental health charity,...
97 per cent of parents planning to send children back to school, ONS survey...
97% of parents with children of school age said it was very likely or fairly likely that the oldest school age child in their...
2 in 5 working mums face childcare crisis when new term starts
Around 2 in 5 working mums with children under 10 can’t get – or are unsure whether they will get – enough childcare to...