The long-established decline in homeownership rates in England appeared to pause last year. However rates again fell among families with children, continuing a longer-term shift into...
Thirteen million families are expected to be affected by the welfare change announced in Chancellor George Osborne’s Budget yesterday, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies....
Lanka Kade is a Sri Lanka-based business that produces multicultural and fairtrade toys and gifts for children responsibly made by local communities with recycled materials. Lanka...
A report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF), aimed at finding a “minimum income standard”, has recorded a rise of 46% since 2008 in the amount...
Investments can sometimes seem pretty remote from real life. If we’re not careful, we can regress into dealing with pure numbers. Several investment websites seem to...
Four Conservative council leaders have criticised the communities secretary Eric Pickles, saying that his decision to scrap the local welfare assistance (LWA) fund was pushing families...
Solar power charity SolarAid, which sells portable solar lights in Africa, has reached the one million milestone, benefitting local families, communities and driving renewables forward. SolarAid...
Climate change is likely to bring about massive transformations unless we act to create a more sustainable society. The developing world is least culpable for the...
The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better is a book that explores poverty and inequality, targeting the huge social and economic gap between...