This report explores the experience of multiple problems among parents and the relationship between multiple disadvantage and childcare.

‘National e-markets’ would be safe, convenient, accessible Internet marketplaces with ultra-low overheads. The private sector alone cannot create these marketplaces, but they could quickly be realised using the same model

The Library Standard Note on “The Smacking Issue” provided background to the debate about whether parents should be allowed to smack their children, when reform of the law was under

This report explores the experience of multiple problems among parents and the relationship between multiple disadvantage and childcare.

The Bill fulfils the Government’s commitment made in September 2008 to enshrine the 2020 child poverty target in legislation. It establishes four separate child poverty targets to be met by

New Horizons sets out an intention across a wide range of agencies to move towards a society where people understand that their mental well-being is as important as their physical

The Bill follows proposals announced earlier in the year in the Shaping the Future of Care Together green paper to create a new National Care Service for social care. It

Devolution has given the constituent nations of the UK greater freedom to pursue different long-term care strategies. After ten years of devolution, this report looks at why, and how, long-term

This At a glance summary looks at the support required to effectively involve users and carers in social work education. It is aimed at both social work educators and service

This research aimed to gather robust evidence of providers’ views and experiences of being commissioned by local authorities and their children’s trust partners in order to inform DCSF development of