Partnership is 'first' to tackle rough sleeping.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has today (Thursday 22 December) released statistics showing the numbers of people moving into work through their flagship back-to-work scheme, the Work Programme. 

The ASA would like to thank Her Majesty The Queen for her patronage over the last 63 years.

Study reveals skilled trades and infrastructure catalysts for greater social mobility

A new report from the Chartered Insurance Institute reveals the risks a woman faces over her lifetime: lower earnings, insecure work, distinct health risks and increased likelihood of domestic violence.

Conservative MP Seema Kennedy spoke to PoliticsHome about the cross-party commission to tackle loneliness, which was originally started by Jo Cox.

The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) and the Local Government Information Unit (LGiU) has jointly released a report warning the Government is not set to meet its housing target.

Conservative peer, Lord Holmes, writes on the danger of “shared space” for blind people and calls upon local authorities to put inclusive design at the heart of their work in the public realm. 

Weight loss experts, Slimming World, respond to Dame Carol Black's report which advocates forcing overweight people on benefits to speak to health professionals. 

Social isolation and chronic loneliness is impacting people’s health and public services, warns British Red Cross CEO Mike Adamson.

From Liberia to Nepal, Ethiopia to India, progress is being made to ensure more disabled people are living lives with dignity with inclusive water infrastructure, accessible toilets and improved hygiene services, as demonstrated in new photos released by international nongovernmental organisation WaterAid to mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (3 December). 

The UK’s frontline charity for veterans in crisis has received £500,000 from the Government towards the cost of refurbishing its flagship hostel.

A National Audit Office (NAO) report is calling on the Government to urgently review their use of sanctions and how they affect people who currently need support from benefits. 

The Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) is not doing enough to find out how sanctions affect people on benefits, according to today’s report from the National Audit Office.

The Federation of Master Builders comments on London Mayor Sadiq Khan's new planning rules. 

The Charities Aid Foundation writes for PoliticsHome to encourage people to get involved with #GivingTuesday.

Ahead of her debate on the subject, Labour MP Carolyn Harris describes her own experience and calls for local authority fees to be dropped for children’s funerals.

His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh attended an informal reception at the Guards Museum hosted by Veterans Aid. 

The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) has warned of the effects of some of the policies announced in the Autumn Statement.

A new Library and Historical Archive to preserve swimming history for future generations has been officially opened today (18 November) by Loughborough MP Nicky Morgan. 

The PSHE Association warmly welcomes the British Youth Council Youth Select Committee's report on ‘racism and religious discrimination’, launched yesterday.  The report’s recommendations include making PSHE education a statutory subject on the school curriculum.

The Building Societies Association responds to the Redfern Review. 

The National Federation of Builders responds to yesterday's home building figures, saying that Housing Minister Gavin Barwell's 'jubilation' is misplaced.