Policymakers need to consider a wider range of approaches to encouraging work in later life, beyond reforms to pensions.
Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people have the worst outcomes of any ethnic group across a huge range of areas, including education, health, employment, criminal justice and hate crime.
This is according to the April 2019 Women and Equalities Committee report (pdf) on inequalities facing Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities.
Regulation of GP practices around primary care for those with no address or identification ‘urgently requires a new and more effective approach’. This is from
‘While the effects of Brexit on poverty have been projected to be small for most scenarios, there are several ways in which the more vulnerable
The University College London and Resolution Foundation have launched a research project to better inform UK policy.
Exploring Inequalities aims to combine research and evidence on inequality in the UK, with the aim of leading to informed and joined-up policy making.
The current legal framework in England does not guarantee the right to adequate housing and does not conform with international human rights standards.
This March 2019 report (pdf) from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) presents the lived experience of people who were affected by the fire at Grenfell Tower.
The government should introduce a shorter route to permanent status for long-resident children with lower application fees that do not make a profit for the Home Office.
This is according to the State of Children’s Rights in England 2018 by the Children’s Rights Alliance for England.
The impact of massive cuts in central government funding of local government since 2010 has been ‘destructive and debilitating’ for women. This is according to
The Work and Pensions Committee published the government’s response (pdf) to its report on benefit sanctions, in February 2019. The government: accepts the recommendation to
The Office for Budget Responsibility have published their welfare trends report for 2019 (pdf), in January 2019.
This report focuses on disability benefits – payments that contribute to the extra costs associated with daily living and mobility for people with disabling conditions.
