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October 29, 2020

Legal challenge to 'blanket ban' approach to care home visits in higher risk areas

Relatives of people with dementia say updated guidance is unlawful as it encourages care homes in higher risk areas to institute blanket bans on family visits.
September 30, 2020

Universal Credit algorithm pushing people into poverty, says Human Rights Watch

A poorly designed algorithm is causing people to go hungry, fall into debt, and experience psychological distress, says Human Rights Watch.
July 17, 2020

Call to speed up rollout of video calls in prisons to ease lockdown anguish

At the start of the pandemic in late March, all social visits to prisons in England and Wales were halted.
October 12, 2019

UN Special Rapporteur calls for a rights-based approach to suicide prevention

Suicide prevention must address structural factors and examine how distress arises within power imbalances, says UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health.
August 7, 2019

Exclusion from school 'a major inequality factor which cannot continue to be overlooked'

Samaritans Cymru has highlighted the 51 per cent rise since 2015/16 in pupils permanently excluded from schools in Wales.
July 26, 2019

Call for action as self-inflicted deaths, self-harm and violence in prison continues to rise

Despair and distress are at unprecedented levels in failing institutions within a failing system, says INQUEST.
December 18, 2017

Rise in household financial distress worrying, says Resolution Foundation

The Resolution Foundation says households’ worsening personal finances and increased pessimism about Britain’s economic outlook suggest that the recent period of consumption-led growth may be running out of track.