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30 Aug 16
Prime minister Theresa May has launched an audit of public services to reveal racial disparities and to help end injustices that people experience, it was announced at the weekend.
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27 Jul 16
The Scottish Welfare Fund, which provides support to individuals and families in financial need, has been underspent for a third successive year, prompting fears about how effective Scotland’s...
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27 Jul 16
Tackling poverty, corruption, conflict and problems with basic services in Nigeria is one of the most important development challenges of this century, according to the UK’s International Development...
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26 Jul 16
Disabled people will find it more difficult to get back into work unless ministers re-evaluate welfare-to-work plans, retaining the contribution of the private and third sectors, a think-tank has...
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19 Jul 16
Government departments and local authorities are among the worst offenders when it comes to the unfair treatment of people in problem debt, according to debt charity StepChange.
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19 Jul 16
Improving the income of the working poor is the key to reducing inequality, according to the Institute of Fiscal Studies.
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18 Jul 16
Younger people were “short-changed” by the European Union referendum campaign, which was overwhelmingly narrow and negative, a think-tank said today.
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11 Jul 16
There is little evidence that the introduction of the National Living Wage in April has hit the employment rate of lower paid workers, according to an analysis by the Resolution Foundation.
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1 Jul 16
The decision to leave the European Union underscores that we need to offer opportunity to all young people across the country
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28 Jun 16
Half of Britain’s working households have seen no rise in living standards since the early 2000s, according to a Resolution Foundation report published today.
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17 May 16
The public sector has a duty to ensure equality, yet few women and people from ethnic minority backgrounds are reaching the upper echelons of public finance. What can be done to change this?
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16 May 16
Pensioners aged over 75 are thousands of pounds a year worse off than both their younger ‘baby boomer’ counterparts and working age adults, according to the charity Independent Age.
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28 Apr 16
Reshaping service provision from the perspective of vulnerable women can not only improve outcomes, it can also dramatically cut long-term costs
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15 Apr 16
New evidence suggests that many primary schools are being more socially selective than previously suspected
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1 Apr 16
Nearly one in five people in the UK lack basic online skills, and do not realise what they are missing. Banks and other companies are acting on this
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14 Mar 16
Prime minister David Cameron has announced a help-to-save scheme that could see the government top up 3.5 million low-income people’s savings by £1,200.
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16 Feb 16
The government’s Universal Credit reforms will create “huge disincentives” for families receiving the payment to have more than £6,000 in savings, according to an analysis by...
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11 Feb 16
New insights into wellbeing suggest that a joined-up and enabling approach to services could be crucial
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4 Feb 16
Pension relief, paid at the marginal rate, disproportionately benefits high earners. A flat rate could release cash for arguably more deserving causes
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12 Jan 16
Some councils have ended emergency welfare provision this year following localisation of the support system by the Department for Work and Pensions, the National Audit Office has found.
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18 Dec 15
Two parliamentary select committees have launched a rare joint-inquiry to scrutinise the government’s life chances strategy and the impact of early years intervention.
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12 Nov 15
Will the changes outlined in the higher education green paper empower disadvantaged students, or hamper efforts to improve social mobility?
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11 Nov 15
MPs have called on the government to pause planned tax credit cuts to allow for development of a more thorough reform to the system.
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10 Nov 15
Public spending on education and economic development is set to fall to the lowest level on record by the end of the decade as spending shifts towards healthcare and provision for pensioners, a...
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2 Nov 15
Work and pensions committee chair Frank Field has written to chancellor George Osborne to urge him to publish a five-year impact assessment of the government’s proposed tax credit changes,...
30 Aug 16Prime minister Theresa May has launched an audit of public services to reveal racial disparities and to help end injustices that people experience, it was announced at the weekend.
27 Jul 16The Scottish Welfare Fund, which provides support to individuals and families in financial need, has been underspent for a third successive year, prompting fears about how effective Scotland’s...
27 Jul 16Tackling poverty, corruption, conflict and problems with basic services in Nigeria is one of the most important development challenges of this century, according to the UK’s International Development...
26 Jul 16Disabled people will find it more difficult to get back into work unless ministers re-evaluate welfare-to-work plans, retaining the contribution of the private and third sectors, a think-tank has...
19 Jul 16Government departments and local authorities are among the worst offenders when it comes to the unfair treatment of people in problem debt, according to debt charity StepChange.
19 Jul 16Improving the income of the working poor is the key to reducing inequality, according to the Institute of Fiscal Studies.
18 Jul 16Younger people were “short-changed” by the European Union referendum campaign, which was overwhelmingly narrow and negative, a think-tank said today.
11 Jul 16There is little evidence that the introduction of the National Living Wage in April has hit the employment rate of lower paid workers, according to an analysis by the Resolution Foundation.
1 Jul 16The decision to leave the European Union underscores that we need to offer opportunity to all young people across the country
28 Jun 16Half of Britain’s working households have seen no rise in living standards since the early 2000s, according to a Resolution Foundation report published today.
17 May 16The public sector has a duty to ensure equality, yet few women and people from ethnic minority backgrounds are reaching the upper echelons of public finance. What can be done to change this?
16 May 16Pensioners aged over 75 are thousands of pounds a year worse off than both their younger ‘baby boomer’ counterparts and working age adults, according to the charity Independent Age.
28 Apr 16Reshaping service provision from the perspective of vulnerable women can not only improve outcomes, it can also dramatically cut long-term costs
15 Apr 16New evidence suggests that many primary schools are being more socially selective than previously suspected
1 Apr 16Nearly one in five people in the UK lack basic online skills, and do not realise what they are missing. Banks and other companies are acting on this
14 Mar 16Prime minister David Cameron has announced a help-to-save scheme that could see the government top up 3.5 million low-income people’s savings by £1,200.
11 Feb 16New insights into wellbeing suggest that a joined-up and enabling approach to services could be crucial
4 Feb 16Pension relief, paid at the marginal rate, disproportionately benefits high earners. A flat rate could release cash for arguably more deserving causes
18 Dec 15Two parliamentary select committees have launched a rare joint-inquiry to scrutinise the government’s life chances strategy and the impact of early years intervention.
12 Nov 15Will the changes outlined in the higher education green paper empower disadvantaged students, or hamper efforts to improve social mobility?
11 Nov 15MPs have called on the government to pause planned tax credit cuts to allow for development of a more thorough reform to the system.
10 Nov 15Public spending on education and economic development is set to fall to the lowest level on record by the end of the decade as spending shifts towards healthcare and provision for pensioners, a...
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