Some 75 civic organisations have joined together in a call for councils across England to use a new law to help tackle community decline.

Church leaders in the North East of England have warned the government that spending cuts and welfare changes are having a “scandalous” impact on communities in their region.

Children's Commissioner Maggie Atkinson has published a damning assessment of the impact of the Welfare Reform Bill on children's rights in England.

There have been many thoughtful attempts to understand recent riots in England, says Savi Hensman. But unfortunately thinktank head and theologian Philip Blond’s parallel universe is not among them.