David’s blog is part of a series of blogs reflecting on the 75th anniversary of the National Assistance Act.
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IFS examine patterns of housing tenure, quality and affordability for people on lower incomes.
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An end to the additional support made available during the pandemic has driven up the number of children experiencing poverty to 4.2 million last year (29 per cent of all dependent children aged 0-19), with an increasing number living in working households.
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The waiting list for planned hospital care – which stood at 7.21 million in January 2023 – has grown by 58% since just before the start of the pandemic. To help expand capacity and address this backlog the NHS has been looking to independent sector providers (ISPs) to treat more NHS patients.
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House of Commons Library briefing on Government and NHS policy on cancer in England and cancer research.
07
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After four years the renters reform bill has finally been released and its headline commitment is to abolish section 21 ”no fault” evictions.
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The current pressures on NHS services and 75th anniversary of the NHS’s founding mean this is a particularly important moment to assess how the UK’s health care system is faring compared to its peers. Every health care system has ‘something to teach and something to learn’. So, comparing the health care systems of different countries can help UK politicians and policy-makers assess the performance of the UK health care system and identify where it can improve.
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The cost of living challenge for households is far from over. Money Advice Trust explore the difficult economic period which has had a significant and concerning impact on household finances across the UK
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Every year the End Child Poverty Coalition, together with the Centre for Research in Social Policy at Loughborough University, publishes data on the number of children living in poverty, in each Westminster Constituency and Local Authority across the UK.
03
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Over 3 million people in Great Britain may have borrowed from an illegal moneylender in the last three years according to new research by IPSOS for Fair4All Finance.