Select Committee calls for an independent inquiry into the causes of adverse outcomes for disabled people, including the decisions and policies of the Government and public authorities.
Nearly half of people in problem debt in England also have a mental health problem, common symptoms of which make it much harder to find and engage with debt advice.
An online initiaitive, One Boat Chaplaincy, has been launched to consider new perspectives and alliances which might be created between churches and their communities in a post COVID-19 world.
Refugee Action research finds that cuts to funding for English lessons for refugees is leading to isolation, loneliness and an inability to get jobs – despite strong backing from the public for ministers to tackle the problem.
Children with poor vocabulary skills are twice as likely to be unemployed when they grow up, and over 60 per cent of children in Young Offender Institutions have communication difficulties.
New research by the Money and Mental Health Policy Institute has found that millions of people with mental health problems are left unable to effectively use essential services due to difficulties with tasks like making telephone calls, opening the post or navigating complex online forms.