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Exclusive: Report highlights growing gap between declining coastal communities and rest of the countryRishi Sunak must commit to levelling up England’s struggling seaside towns, or risk a political “tidal wave” at the next general election, a Conserva…
Happiness among girls and young women in UK at lowest since 2009 as 37% report being sent upsetting content“As a society, I think that there’s a lot more that we could be doing to make young girls feel more accepted,” says Anthony Asfour, reflecting on…
BCC president Martha Lane Fox to chair House of Lords meeting to help draft business manifesto for looming electionA new council that could challenge the CBI as the voice of British business is to hold its first meeting as it tries to set the agenda be…
Nine in 10 seven to 21-year-olds feel worried or anxious and only 17% feel very happy, shows ‘devastating’ Girlguiding surveyHappiness among girls and young women has hit its lowest level since 2009, according to “devastating” polling for Girlguiding, …
Musicians’ Census of nearly 6,000 professionals shows many rely on multiple jobs, with notable pay inequalities around disability and raceA pioneering census of nearly 6,000 working musicians in the UK has found that nearly half earn less than £14,000 …
GMB union is supporting 3,000 claims in Birmingham – and is gathering evidence from 20 other councilsCouncils in the UK are facing compensation bills running into billions of pounds over equal pay claims, campaigners have warned, as they called on the …
Institute for Fiscal Studies finds stark disparities in earnings based on geography and ethnicityMoving up the social ladder in Britain has become harder than at any point in more than half a century for children born into poor households, according to…
The shadow education secretary shattered the ‘class barrier’ of a tough upbringing to achieve her position. Now she wants others to do the sameIt is a Friday, a day of train strikes, so Bridget Phillipson cannot easily get back to her Houghton and Sund…
Cost doubles in some poor urban districts, driven in part by mortgage rate rise, UK-wide study showsPeople living in the most deprived areas of Britain have seen their rents increase by 52% over the past four years – while for tenants in the wealthiest…
Black applicants to ‘Uplift’ drive in England and Wales had 7.3% pass rate, compared with 18.7% for white people, analysis showsBlack people applying to police forces across England and Wales under a government recruitment drive had a significantly hig…