As many as 1,000 Sure Start children’s centres around the country may have closed since 2009, analysis by an educational charity has suggested. The national database recorded a 14% drop
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Islamic representatives in Northern Ireland have welcomed Ian Paisley’s apology for retweeting a controversial remark on Ramadan by right-wing commentator Katie Hopkins. Members of the Belfast Islamic Centre said they
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The cost of childcare has risen by as much as 47% across England since the Tories came to power, according to new analysis by Labour. The party’s figures suggest the
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Failure to replace a £500 million EU fund for deprived communities post-Brexit would be “disastrous”, the Government has been warned. The European Social Fund provides half a billion pounds a
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Cuts to local authority budgets mean councils are spending £137 a year less per head on average, new analysis shows. Figures from the Scottish Parliamentary Information Centre, commissioned by Labour,
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Local authority spending on services for children and young people in England has fallen in real terms by almost £1 billion since 2012, Labour has claimed. The party released analysis
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The Scottish Government is to use new welfare powers to introduce an income supplement as part of a range of measures to tackle child poverty. Communities Secretary Angela Constance announced
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Discretionary welfare payments are being “hacked away”, a senior MP has claimed, after new figures showed more than £300 million has been axed from two major benefits funds. Fresh analysis
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New requirements to ensure care staff who look after people in their own homes are treated fairly and people receiving care experience the best possible services come into force today,
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A new GP contract aimed at cutting the workload of family doctors comes into force today. The British Medical Association (BMA), which drew up the contract with the Scottish Government,
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