Left Foot Forward
Access to education in prisons should be prioritised as restrictions ease, charity says
Nearly 50% of people in prison have a literacy level at or below what's needed for successful employment.
The London Capital and Finance scandal is another example of privatising profits and socialising losses
'The state continues to douse fires, but there is no regulatory reform and no independent inquiry into the operations of the finance industry.'
From Mary Ann Nichols to Sarah Everard: Women on Britain’s unsafe streets
'If we truly want to increase the safety for women on the streets, we must redirect our attention away from what women could do, to why men are making these streets unsafe for women.'
‘Labour must not dismiss its young voters, it should offer them hope’
'We need someone to offer us hope - hope of affordable housing, of employment rights, of action on inequality.'
Charities warn of a ‘wave of homelessness in coming months’ after eviction ban ends
400,000 renting households have either been served an eviction notice or have been told they will be evicted, according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
School leaders say government has ‘prioritised purse strings over nation’s children’
The government has pledged less than a tenth of the cash that the former schools catch-up tsar had requested.