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Quarter Of Tory Councillors Think Adult Social Care Is Underfunded In Their Area
Quarter Of Tory Councillors Think Adult Social Care Is Underfunded In Their Area
Communities
A quarter of Conservative councillors think their local authority does not receive enough money to meet statutory duty service level requirements for adult social care.
Committee Chair Tells DWP To 'Get A Grip' On Carer's Allowance Overpayments
Social affairs
Committee Chair Tells DWP To "Get A Grip" On Carer's Allowance Overpayments
Former Education Minister Says Childcare Needs Boost For Students And Disadvantaged Families
Social affairs
Former Education Minister Says Childcare Needs Boost For Students And Disadvantaged Families
Parents Could Be Left 'Disappointed' By Free Childcare Expansion
Social affairs
Parents Could Be Left "Disappointed" By Free Childcare Expansion
Government Accused Of Undermining Mental Health Progress With Employment Drive
Social affairs
Government Accused Of Undermining Mental Health Progress With Employment Drive
Future Of Renters Reform Bill Remains In Doubt
Social affairs
Future Of Renters Reform Bill Remains In Doubt
Government Set To Push Through Football Regulator Within Weeks
Culture
Government Set To Push Through Football Regulator Within Weeks
The House Live
Passing The Carer’s Leave Act Partner content
Social affairs
By TSB
Passing The Carer’s Leave Act
Lords Diary: Lord Bishop of Leeds
Political parties
By Bishop of Leeds
Lords Diary: Lord Bishop of Leeds
Can other countries show us how to solve Britain’s housing crisis?
Communities
By Alex Daniel
Can other countries show us how to solve Britain’s housing crisis?
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Conservative MP Campaigning To Be Mayor Is Distancing Himself From Tarnished Tory Image
Conservative MP Campaigning To Be Mayor Is Distancing Himself From Tarnished Tory Image
Communities
New Football Law “Could Risk World Cup and Champions League Participation”
New Football Law “Could Risk World Cup and Champions League Participation”
Culture
Scrolls of Doom: Why Gen Z is shunning the church
Scrolls of Doom: Why Gen Z is shunning the church
By Harriet Symonds
Communities
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“Talking about ‘white privilege’ tends to polarise views”: Understanding ethnicity and politics
Social affairs
By Sunder Katwala
“Talking about ‘white privilege’ tends to polarise views”: Understanding ethnicity and politics
The Gaza conflict is the latest issue to increase the noise around politics and ethnicity, but Sunder Katwala calls for a more sophisticated understanding of how they interact
Call of duty: The row over a 'citizens army'
Defence
By Sophie Church and Tali Fraser
Call of duty: The row over a 'citizens army'
Patrick Sanders infuriated Rishi Sunak by calling for a ‘citizen army’ in a speech dismissed as ‘alarmist’. But, as Sophie Church and Tali Fraser report, the debate on how to expand troop numbers has started and looks set to intensify after the election. Illustrations by Tracy Worrall
Past recast: Inside the row engulfing the National Trust
Communities
By Tali Fraser
Past recast: Inside the row engulfing the National Trust
The National Trust has become the unlikely battleground for an increasingly vitriolic row over how the past should be presented. Tali Fraser meets the participants in the culture war to end them all. Illustrations by Tracy Worrall
Social Affairs news
Helping the hospitality sector to Build Back Better Partner content
Coronavirus
By Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
Helping the hospitality sector to Build Back Better
As we all take a moment today to mark the anniversary of the first Covid-19 lockdown, it’s a timely opportunity to reflect on the last 12 months and consider how we want to move forward.
Climate change is making it even harder for people living in poverty to access clean water Partner content
Coronavirus
By WaterAid
Climate change is making it even harder for people living in poverty to access clean water
Two billion people around the world do not have access to a reliable and safe water supply - and climate change is making it even harder to cope. As we build back in a post-pandemic world, we have a moral duty to ensure that nobody is left behind
On International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, we must all remember it's our duty to fight discrimination
Communities
By Tulip Siddiq and Olivia Marks-Woldman
On International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, we must all remember it's our duty to fight discrimination
On this UN-created International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, we join forces to talk about some of the darkest byproducts of identity-based discrimination.
We have made progress on tackling racism in the education system, but we must do more
Education
By Diane Abbott MP
We have made progress on tackling racism in the education system, but we must do more
When Diane Abbott was in school, the idea of a Black girl performing well shocked her teachers. Now, she is launching the APPG for Race Equality in Education to ensure progress continues
Partner content
Home affairs
By Policy@Manchester
Is the current appeal system acting ‘In the Interests of Justice’? – a review of the report of the Westminster Commission on Miscarriages of Justice
Suzanne Gower, PhD researcher at The University of Manchester, and former managing director of the legal charity APPEAL shares her thoughts on the long-awaited report of the Westminster Commission on Miscarriages of Justice, “In the Interests of Justice”.
No10 Refuses To Say If Jacob Rees-Mogg Will Face Action Over His Attack On A Journalist
Social affairs
No10 Refuses To Say If Jacob Rees-Mogg Will Face Action Over His Attack On A Journalist
Downing Street has distanced itself from Jacob Rees-Mogg's comments criticising a journalist, but is still refusing to take further action.
Keeping charities afloat now will be crucial in helping the nation to build back better Partner content
Coronavirus
By Colm Holmes, Global CEO, General Insurance, Aviva
Keeping charities afloat now will be crucial in helping the nation to build back better
A staggering four million people needed charity help for the first time last year. These vital services and organisations need our support through these tough times.
We need to make it easier for all kinds of people to ‘choose the bus’ Partner content
Coronavirus
By Go-Ahead
We need to make it easier for all kinds of people to ‘choose the bus’
This week Boris Johnson launched the National Bus Strategy. At long last there is proper recognition for a mode too often ignored, despite making up two thirds of public transport journeys.
Calls For Civilian Courts To Deal With Sexual Assault and Abuse Cases Involving The Military, After Damning Evidence
Defence
Calls For Civilian Courts To Deal With Sexual Assault and Abuse Cases Involving The Military, After Damning Evidence
Legal experts have made fresh calls for the armed forces to send rape and sexual assault cases to civilian courts rather than military police and courts, after a litany of long delays, inexperienced staff and a wider culture of hostility towards victims were revealed.
Recycling rates are down, so what’s the solution? Partner content
Environment
By Suntory Beverage & Food GB&I
Recycling rates are down, so what’s the solution?
We mark Global Recycling Day today with a more eco-conscious British public than ever before. And yet, the latest data shows that recycling rates are plateauing.
Partner content
Education
By Policy@Manchester
Why the powers of the Victims’ Commissioner are not enough
Uber Drivers Claim 50% Of Working Time “Still Not Paid Or Protected” After Supreme Court Ruling
Social affairs
Uber Drivers Claim 50% Of Working Time “Still Not Paid Or Protected” After Supreme Court Ruling
Campaigners have welcomed a Supreme Court ruling that forces Uber to treat more than 70,000 drivers as workers under UK employment law, but say up to 50% of their time is “still not being paid or protected”.
Defence
By Save the Children
Save the Children's response to UK Government's Integrated Review
Senior MPs back calls for a new approach to '6G’ technology Partner content
Health
By The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
Senior MPs back calls for a new approach to '6G’ technology
MPs have welcomed calls from the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) for a new approach to mobile digital technology which prioritises societal benefits over a focus on “ever higher data speed”.
Caroline Nokes Says Too Few Women On Violence Against Women Taskforce Is Emblematic Of Gender Inequality In Cabinet
Home affairs
Caroline Nokes Says Too Few Women On Violence Against Women Taskforce Is Emblematic Of Gender Inequality In Cabinet
Caroline Nokes has accused the government of risking not being “taken seriously” on equality until it appoints a permanent women’s minister to attend future taskforce meetings.
Britain’s global reputation as a leading light on LGBT+ rights is fading
Social affairs
By Crispin Blunt MP
Britain’s global reputation as a leading light on LGBT+ rights is fading
With mounting calls for legislation to ban conversion therapy, the government must take decisive action and show they care about LGBT+ people before they turn their backs on this party and this government.
Government Commits To Banning Gay Conversion Therapy After Three Equalities Advisors Quit
Social affairs
Government Commits To Banning Gay Conversion Therapy After Three Equalities Advisors Quit
The prime minister said ending conversion therapy is "technically complex" but insisted he was committed to "stamp it out" after three government equalities advisers resigned over a lack of action.
Labour To Create New Codes Of Conduct And Training On Islamophobia And Anti-Black Racism
Political parties
Labour To Create New Codes Of Conduct And Training On Islamophobia And Anti-Black Racism
Labour is planning to do more to tackle Islamophobia and anti-Black racism in the party with the creation of new codes of conduct and a training programme for members.
Jacob Rees-Mogg Predicts £20 Billion Cost Of Parliament's Refurbishment
Political parties
Jacob Rees-Mogg Predicts £20 Billion Cost Of Parliament's Refurbishment
Leader of the Commons Jacob Rees-Mogg has said costs of refurbishing the Houses of Parliament could spiral to £20 billion – five times original estimates.
Jess Phillips Warns Violence Against Women Is An “Epidemic” With One Killed Every Three Days
Social affairs
Jess Phillips Warns Violence Against Women Is An “Epidemic” With One Killed Every Three Days
Labour MP Jess Phillips has warned of the widespread scale of violence against women in the wake of the disappearance of Sarah Everard in London last week.
Government’s Leading Equality Advisor Resigns Over Creation Of 'Hostile Environment' For LGBT+ People
Social affairs
Government’s Leading Equality Advisor Resigns Over Creation Of "Hostile Environment" For LGBT+ People
This government has created a "hostile environment" for LGBT+ people, according to its own leading equality advisor.
Partner content
Coronavirus
By Policy@Manchester
LGBTIQ+ experiences of COVID-19 in the UK and the need for more inclusive crisis policies
Parents on low incomes need support now more than ever Partner content
Coronavirus
By Save the Children
Parents on low incomes need support now more than ever
The £20 per week uplift in Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit provides a vital lifeline for low-income families. The Government should do the right thing and extend the scheme for a year
The pandemic has exacerbated the horrors of period poverty; the free period products scheme must be made mandatory
Social affairs
By Amika George
The pandemic has exacerbated the horrors of period poverty; the free period products scheme must be made mandatory
By making the Free Periods scheme mandatory, we can ensure that period poverty is consigned to history and no child will ever be touched by its injustice.
EventsAll
After the election: what can the civil service expect from a new administration?
2024
Online
After the election: what can the civil service expect from a new administration?
The road to proactive government
2024
Online
The road to proactive government
Practical AI: Closing the gap between possibility and reality
2024
Online
Practical AI: Closing the gap between possibility and reality
Net Zero Week 2024
2024
Online
Net Zero Week 2024