Progress towards eradicating regional inequalities has been “glacial”, driven by patchy policy initiatives and the absence of stable long-term funding, according to a leading think-tank.
A profound shift in welfare policy that has seen pensioners benefit at the expense of the working-age population has weakened the social security safety net for those most in need, according to new...
Scrapping a key economic generation programme to help fund a new national service scheme would see the poorest parts of the UK lose “hundreds of millions” in essential funding, according to the...
The Scottish Government is at risk of missing its child poverty targets after figures showed around a quarter of children still living in relative poverty.
Benefits should be increased on a guaranteed basis every year as part of an overhaul to improve the consistency, transparency and accountability of the social security system, the government has been...
Projects paid for through levelling up funding pots have faced huge delays and the government does not plan to evaluate their long-term success, despite the fact it was supposed to be a flagship...
Asylum in the UK is a government problem and human catastrophe. Local services are under pressure, and vulnerable people are the biggest losers. PF investigates.
Austerity could have contributed to almost 150,000 extra deaths in England in the decade prior to Covid-19 by amplifying the effect inequality had on life expectancy, a leading health equity expert...
Could ideas from Victorian times help solve pressing problems like climate change or factory sweatshops? We’ve found the early adopters who think they can.
A rising state pension age and lack of action to support the growing number of people experiencing long-term sickness could push more into poverty, the Health Foundation has warned.
The government’s supposed flagship policy of levelling up will fail if councils do not receive additional funding and powers, experts have said after one of the policy’s original architects said...
