A concerted policy effort can bring down teen pregnancy rates, new stats show
We need to be careful about always seeing teenage pregnancy as a social evil, writes Kate Bell, former Director of Policy Advice and Communications at Gingerbread.
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Making the rehabilitation revolution a reality
The Howard League for Penal Reform outline the evidence they gave to the Justice Affairs Select Committee, which they have been allowed to publish today.
Warnings of generation lost to poverty
Save the Children in Wales has described as a “scandal” new figures showing that Children in Wales are more likely to live in severe poverty than other parts of the UK.
Shocking new report reveals 1.6m children live in ‘severe poverty’
A new report out today has revealed nearly 1.6 million children in the UK live in severe poverty, with the highest levels of child poverty in Manchester and Tower Hamlets.
New Migration Watch report misses opportunity for balanced debate on migration
As we anticipate the next round of quarterly immigration figures from the Office of National Statistics this Thursday, a new Migration Watch UK report has been released amid a wave of media hyperbole.
It’s fairer up North but inequality is rising across the board
New research by ippr north shows that the gap between the rich and poor is narrower in the North than in the UK on average, but the gap is growing across the board.
Misleading to claim welfare reform will cut child poverty levels
Making hundreds of thousands of families poorer, and then making some a little better off, does not count as a child poverty reduction plan, writes Nicola Smith.
Labour must speak not only for organised labour
As predictable headlines follow Ed Miliband committing to speak at the TUC rally on March 26th, Rob Marchant takes a more detached look at how the relationships between Party, movement and workplace demographics interact.
The weirdness at the core of Universal Credit
As the details emerge of the government’s big ticket welfare reform, the introduction of Universal Credit, it looks as if for once the hubristic language might be justified.
Getting by on benefits is no easy ride
David Cameron is keen to portray claiming benefits as a lifestyle choice – but there is now a long list of objective research, that reveals life on benefits is no easy ride.