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December 4, 2018

Axing millions from youth work puts futures at risk, says UNISON

Cuts have meant the loss of 4,500 youth work jobs and over 760 youth centres since 2012.
November 26, 2018

Quaker community urges faith groups to engage with politicans on Special Rapporteur's findings

As the UN Special Rapporteur on on extreme poverty and human rights unveiled his report last week, Quakers in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, issued a statement, calling on faith groups to engage with politicians on his findings.
November 20, 2018

Teachers and students to march for education

Trade unions, campaigners, councillors, parents and school students to march for education on Tuesday 20 November.
November 7, 2018

LGA responds to government's Health and Social Care Prevention plan

Councils say prevention work must be adequately funded by reversing the £600 million in reductions to public health grants.
November 2, 2018

Parliamentary committee finds government failing in duty of care towards prisoners

A prison sentence is a deprivation of someone's liberty, not a sentence to poorer health or healthcare, say the Health and Social Care Committee in its report on health and care in prison.
October 1, 2018

Access to British justice increasingly only for the few, says Law Society

Public access to the justice system has never been so restricted, the Law Society says in a submission to government highlighting the consequences of cuts to publicly funded legal advice.
September 24, 2018

Barnardo's warns of lost childhoods as frontline staff struggle to cope with demand

The majority of staff have seen an increase in numbers of particularly vulnerable children in the past five years.
September 23, 2018

Multi-academy trust plans cuts after accusations of financial mismanagement

Large cuts are planned at a multi-academy trust which faces accusations of financial mismanagement.
August 16, 2018

Police 'exodus' up by more than 30%

Nearly 2,000 police officers voluntarily left the service over the past 12 months – an increase of 31 per cent over the past four years.
August 12, 2018

Johnson, Bannon, burqas and a struggling UK state

A leading UK politician’s refusal to apologise for stoking anti-Muslim prejudice has made the headlines.