Trussell Trust: Record 2.5m emergency food parcels given to people across UK with just under 1m going to children – that’s two parcels every minute
Today, the Trussell Trust reports that food banks in its UK network gave more than 2.5m emergency food parcels to people facing crisis between April 2020 and?March?2021...
Thursday, 22 April 2021 00:01
‘Crown jewels’ of our countryside under threat like never before, CPRE analysis of AONBs reveals
Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs) are some of our most precious landscapes, which many people would expect to mean that they are safe from being built on...
Thursday, 22 April 2021 00:01
"Heavier social media use linked to more frequent drinking in young people" finds new UCL study
Heavier social media use is associated with more frequent alcohol consumption among young people in the UK, according to a new UCL study...
Thursday, 22 April 2021 00:01
Manufacturers and supermarkets must do more to help consumers join refillable revolution, says Which?
Which? is urging manufacturers and supermarkets to do more to make refillable products widely available and clearly labelled to help shoppers save money and the environment...
Thursday, 22 April 2021 00:01
Government’s education statistics “seriously flawed”, says UCL study
There are “serious flaws” in the way the UK Government measures educational performance, according to a new study led by Professor John Jerrim at the UCL Social Research Institute...
Thursday, 22 April 2021 00:01
People with disabilities more likely to be depressed, anxious and lonely during pandemic, says UCL study
Older people in England with physical disabilities were more likely to have worse mental health and to feel lonelier during the Covid-19 pandemic...
Thursday, 22 April 2021 00:01
Labour warns against Tory sleaze threat to science as Conservatives plan to exempt new agency from Freedom of Information and procurement rules
Labour has warned that the Government’s new taxpayer-funded research and invention agency risks being a front for “sleaze in science” if the Conservatives plough ahead with their plan to give the agency a blanket exemption from FOI and procurement rules...
Thursday, 22 April 2021 00:01
Treasury Committee publishes ‘Net Zero and the Future of Green Finance’ report
The Treasury Committee has published a unanimously-agreed report as part of its decarbonisation and green finance inquiry: Net Zero and the Future of Green Finance...
Thursday, 22 April 2021 00:01
"Great opportunities" possible for UK-India trade, says new IEA research
As Boris Johnson prepares for talks with Prime Minister Modi later this month as part of the UK’s new “Indo-Pacific tilt,” a new briefing paper from the Institute of Economic Affairs, authored by IEA Academic Fellow Shanker Singham, examines prospects for and barriers to a deeper relationship between the two nations...
Thursday, 22 April 2021 00:01
Councils spearheading national climate change effort
Councils continue to be at the forefront of the national response to climate change and have been working hard to put plans into action to help achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050 or sooner...
Thursday, 22 April 2021 00:01