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30 Oct 17
Student finance has at last become an electoral issue. This could provide the impetus for an overhaul so everyone can afford to go to university, says the Sutton Trust's Javneet Ghuman.
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20 Oct 17
In this testing financial and political climate collaboration between public services has never been more necessary. We need to carry on making the case, says Henry Kippin
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17 Oct 17
Inflation is at its highest since March 2012, hitting 3% in September up from 2.9% in August – sparking concerns about living standards.
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12 Oct 17
The government has released a first-of-its-kind audit, revealing the disparities between ethnic groups and their health, education, employment and justice outcomes.
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11 Oct 17
Today Essex Council starts selling lottery tickets to raise money for 'good causes' in its communities. It is the first county council to set up a lottery in a growing trend of local...
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9 Oct 17
The government should end the benefits freeze rather than increasing the personal tax allowance to help struggling families, according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
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6 Oct 17
Rent controls are common across Europe and a levy on excessive rents could help generate revenue to build more social housing, says Generation Rent’s Seb Klier
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26 Sep 17
Facts and figures from the October 2017 edition of Public Finance magazine, our international special, on global literacy rates, the cost of a college education and which countries have the best...
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8 Sep 17
The UK is the most geographically unbalanced economy in Europe and needs radical reform, an IPPR think-tank report has concluded.
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5 Sep 17
Britain’s coastal communities rank among the worst performers for earnings, employment, health, education and a range of other economic and social indicators.
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31 Aug 17
Liverpool City Region elected mayor Steve Rotheram has named Trades Union Congress regional secretary Lynn Collins as chair of his new Fairness and Social Justice Advisory Board.
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23 Aug 17
Every university in England has now committed to working with schools from 2018-19 to improve access to higher education, the Office for Fair Access has said.
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21 Aug 17
Parents working full time on the national living wage (NLW) are significantly short of the income needed to give children an acceptable minimum living standard, the Child Poverty Action Group has...
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16 Aug 17
The UK jobless rate fell to 4.4% down from 4.9% a year earlier, a 42-year low, Office for National Statistics data shows.
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14 Aug 17
Young people who live the country’s poorest postcode areas have only a 20% chance of entering university, education charity Teach First has found.
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10 Aug 17
Rough sleeping in Britain is forecast to rise by 76% in the next decade unless the government takes urgent action, homelessness charity Crisis has stated.
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8 Aug 17
Scottish ministers are to use their new welfare powers to create a benefit aimed at helping people who face financial difficulties in meeting funeral costs.
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7 Aug 17
Cuts to working-age welfare could undo progress made in closing the gap in living standards between different ethnic groups in Britain, the Resolution Foundation has warned.
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27 Jul 17
The government has abandoned the Conservative manifesto pledge to introduce free school breakfasts.
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22 Jul 17
Councils have to house the equivalent of a new secondary school’s worth of homeless children every month, the Local Government Association has said.
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19 Jul 17
London is the most unequal part of the UK, but has become somewhat more equal since the 2008 recession, research by the Institute for Fiscal Studies has found.
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18 Jul 17
The gig economy can offer some useful opportunities to people who struggle to work in conventional ways. The government should make the most of them, says Ben Dobson of Reform.
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10 Jul 17
The British prime minister has announced a multi-million pound package of support for wealth creation in east Africa.
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6 Jul 17
A 12-strong coalition of organisations concerned with rural areas has warned these face becoming “enclaves of the affluent” unless the government acts on the lack of affordable housing...
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28 Jun 17
Successive administrations have failed to improve social mobility for the past 20 years, a report from the government's Social Mobility Commission has found.
30 Oct 17Student finance has at last become an electoral issue. This could provide the impetus for an overhaul so everyone can afford to go to university, says the Sutton Trust's Javneet Ghuman.
20 Oct 17In this testing financial and political climate collaboration between public services has never been more necessary. We need to carry on making the case, says Henry Kippin
17 Oct 17Inflation is at its highest since March 2012, hitting 3% in September up from 2.9% in August – sparking concerns about living standards.
12 Oct 17The government has released a first-of-its-kind audit, revealing the disparities between ethnic groups and their health, education, employment and justice outcomes.
11 Oct 17Today Essex Council starts selling lottery tickets to raise money for 'good causes' in its communities. It is the first county council to set up a lottery in a growing trend of local...
9 Oct 17The government should end the benefits freeze rather than increasing the personal tax allowance to help struggling families, according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
6 Oct 17Rent controls are common across Europe and a levy on excessive rents could help generate revenue to build more social housing, says Generation Rent’s Seb Klier
26 Sep 17Facts and figures from the October 2017 edition of Public Finance magazine, our international special, on global literacy rates, the cost of a college education and which countries have the best...
8 Sep 17The UK is the most geographically unbalanced economy in Europe and needs radical reform, an IPPR think-tank report has concluded.
5 Sep 17Britain’s coastal communities rank among the worst performers for earnings, employment, health, education and a range of other economic and social indicators.
31 Aug 17Liverpool City Region elected mayor Steve Rotheram has named Trades Union Congress regional secretary Lynn Collins as chair of his new Fairness and Social Justice Advisory Board.
23 Aug 17Every university in England has now committed to working with schools from 2018-19 to improve access to higher education, the Office for Fair Access has said.
21 Aug 17Parents working full time on the national living wage (NLW) are significantly short of the income needed to give children an acceptable minimum living standard, the Child Poverty Action Group has...
16 Aug 17The UK jobless rate fell to 4.4% down from 4.9% a year earlier, a 42-year low, Office for National Statistics data shows.
10 Aug 17Rough sleeping in Britain is forecast to rise by 76% in the next decade unless the government takes urgent action, homelessness charity Crisis has stated.
8 Aug 17Scottish ministers are to use their new welfare powers to create a benefit aimed at helping people who face financial difficulties in meeting funeral costs.
7 Aug 17Cuts to working-age welfare could undo progress made in closing the gap in living standards between different ethnic groups in Britain, the Resolution Foundation has warned.
27 Jul 17The government has abandoned the Conservative manifesto pledge to introduce free school breakfasts.
22 Jul 17Councils have to house the equivalent of a new secondary school’s worth of homeless children every month, the Local Government Association has said.
19 Jul 17London is the most unequal part of the UK, but has become somewhat more equal since the 2008 recession, research by the Institute for Fiscal Studies has found.
18 Jul 17The gig economy can offer some useful opportunities to people who struggle to work in conventional ways. The government should make the most of them, says Ben Dobson of Reform.
10 Jul 17The British prime minister has announced a multi-million pound package of support for wealth creation in east Africa.
6 Jul 17A 12-strong coalition of organisations concerned with rural areas has warned these face becoming “enclaves of the affluent” unless the government acts on the lack of affordable housing...
28 Jun 17Successive administrations have failed to improve social mobility for the past 20 years, a report from the government's Social Mobility Commission has found.
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