The UK’s three largest debt charities are urging the government to implement simple measures that could protect millions of people from the prospect of spiralling council tax debt.
Councils are striving to build local economies in a way that ensures the proceeds of growth are shared more fairly across communities, says a new report.
Demand for green jobs will rapidly increase as the nation transitions to a net zero economy, and will help to counter the unprecedented job losses due to coronavirus , says a new report.
A coalition of charities, including Child Poverty Action Group , The Children’s Society, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, StepChange and Turn2us, is calling for funding for local authorities in England to ensure grants are quickly distributed to help people stay afloat as part of a temporary Coronavirus Emergency Income Support Scheme.
In the poorest 20 local authorities, the number of people visiting parks is 28 percentage points lower than in the 20 local authorities with highest incomes, where there has been no change in park use at all.