Child Rights Alliance England (CRAE) have opened a call for evidence ahead of their flagship annual publication on the state of children’s rights in England.
‘Under Universal Credit, claimants living with domestic abuse can face seeing their entire monthly income—including money meant for their children— go into their abusive partner’s
The overall cost of a child (including rent and childcare) is £150,753 for a couple and £183,335 for a lone parent. This is according to
Among people aged 16-24, unemployment rates were highest for people from a Black background (26%) and from a Pakistani or Bangladeshi background (23%) in the year to March 2018.
This is from the August 2018 report from the House of Commons Library on unemployment trends in the UK.
‘Most people in Scotland (59%) identify as Non-religious’, says an August 2018 report (pdf) from Humanist Society Scotland on religious affiliations and beliefs in Scotland.
“You can be under the age of 25 and living on your own, like me, and you get less pay than someone in the same
‘An economic shock after Brexit and cuts to public services will hit women hardest.’ This is according to Mary-Ann Stephenson, Director of the Women’s Budget
The Autism Act (2009) places a duty on the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to publish a strategy for meeting the needs of autistic adults in England, and to review it from time to time.
In August 2018, the Think Autism Strategy (pdf) itself has not changed, but the implementation activities required to deliver its intended outcomes, and who will do what, have been clarified.
The EU referendum could have resulted in a Remain victory had it not been for a range of austerity-induced welfare reforms. This is according to research
Even after the inclusion of state benefits, families with children face higher levels of poverty than other demographic groups. The Children’s Commissioner for England and
