Poverty

By Ann McGauran | 01 October 2019

The difficulties facing councils and their communities in Northern Ireland are ‘turning into a pe...

Blackpool tops deprivation index

By Dan Peters | 26 September 2019

Neighbourhoods in Blackpool account for eight of the 10 most deprived nationally, according to th...

WELFARE

Beware the 'pandemonium' of UC

By Ann McGauran | 18 September 2019

It’s all change – again – at the top of the Department for Work and Pensions. But where does the ...

COUNCIL TAX

Data the key to supporting through UC

By Deven Ghelani | 18 September 2019

As Universal Credit replaces Housing Benefit, local authorities will lose access to the rich data...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Children are this country's future

By Rachel Dickinson | 29 August 2019

Ahead of the spending round, Rachel Dickinson is urging the Treasury to think of investment in ch...

HEALTH

Taking health inequalities out of the shadows

By Claire Laurent | 20 August 2019

A conference on health and health inequalities has highlighted the importance of taking a life co...

POVERTY

Fuelling the future

By Hiba Mahamadi | 14 August 2019

Hiba Mahamadi looks at how the two councils who have stepped in to the energy market have fared s...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Prevention is the key to ensuring our children's future

By Rachel Dickinson | 06 August 2019

Rachel Dickinson encourages Boris Johnson to ensure children are central to the policy decisions ...

POVERTY

White van man on... UN intervention

21 November 2018

What have our food banks got to do with the United Nations? Hasn’t it got better things to ...

BUSINESS

Council launches energy company

By William Eichler | 27 April 2017

Liverpool City Council has launched a not-for-profit energy company to tackle fuel poverty.

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