New contracts awarded to support vulnerable court and tribunal users

HMCTS awards contracts to a selection of successful suppliers onto the new Appointed Intermediary Service [...]

Report on Reform Options For Statutory Sick Pay

Published by the Fabian Society, the report covers both the history of the regulation and [...]

Generation Rent Sets Out Their Hopes for an End to Unfair Evictions

With the Government having committed to scrapping Section 21 (the ability for landlords to evict [...]

130,000 families forced to live in one-bed flats

A severe shortage of homes is forcing 130,000 families in England to squeeze into one-bedroom [...]

Two thirds of informal carers regularly fund care and support out of their own resources

New research released today by Carers UK, the leading membership charity for people caring unpaid [...]

Children’s Funeral Fund for England established

Families grieving the tragic loss of a child will no longer have to meet the [...]

BBC report on Universal Credit advance payment deception fraud

Tens of millions of pounds of public money is believed to have been stolen, with [...]

DWP launch review of benefits for terminally ill people

Citing her own personal experiences, Amber Rudd has asked the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) [...]

Juggling Work & Unpaid Care – A Growing Issue

Caring, unpaid, for older and disabled relatives is an increasing issue for our time and [...]

 The Low Pay Commission publish research on the effects of minimum wage rates on employment

Commissioned research, used to inform the Low Pay Commission’s (LPC’s) 2018 recommendations on the National [...]