Over 3 million people in Great Britain may have borrowed from an illegal moneylender in the last three years according to new research by IPSOS for Fair4All Finance.
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Obesity is a physical condition in which a person is very overweight, with a lot of body fat.
Obesity has many causes. An over-simplified description of the most common cause is “eating too much and moving too little”. The same phrase can be expressed more accurately as an imbalance between energy consumed and energy expended.
A person’s likelihood of being overweight or obese is affected by many factors, such as socioeconomic status, age, gender, ethnicity, where they live and whether or not they have a disability or medical condition. Governments have faced a challenge developing policy that is wide enough to address all of these factors.
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Interactive dashboard showing data on dentists in England, including access to dentistry, the number of dentists and a list of NHS dental practices
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Median monthly rental prices for the private rental market in England, calculated using data from the Valuation Office Agency.
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This article relates specifically to cases where homeless applicants, who are owed the main housing duty, are occupying temporary accommodation which the council accepts is unsuitable. The guide follows recent court decisions on the subject and an increase in the number of complaints Social Care Ombudsmen have received.
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This new analysis estimates that 27% of disabled workers (1.3 million) are in severely insecure work in the UK, compared to 19% of non-disabled workers. This inequality is reflected at all levels, with even disabled workers in the most senior positions more likely to experience severely insecure work.
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Child benefits are typically paid on a per-child basis, without restrictions on
family size. In this paper we generate unique evidence on the effects of
capping child benefits by family size by examining the introduction of the
UK’s ‘two-child limit’.
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Digital aspects of universal credit (UC) routinely lead to wrong amounts being awarded to claimants – often the most vulnerable – and to breaches of rule-of-law principles, new Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) research finds.
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IFS examine patterns of housing tenure, quality and affordability for people on lower incomes.
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This briefing outlines the various options open to an individual who needs legal assistance in relation to their employment rights.