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Childcare deserts: the reality of access to early years education

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Childcare deserts: the reality of access to early years education

How the current approach fails to support more low-income households to access care

Tom Pollard, Tom Stephens

01 May 2024

COP28: Tackling health inequalities must be at the centre of climate action

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COP28: Tackling health inequalities must be at the centre of climate action

Why the first-ever COP Health Day should aim for health equity and enshrine the principle and goal of a fair transition

Fernanda Balata

01 December 2023

We can’t fix the NHS crisis until we fix our social care crisis

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We can’t fix the NHS crisis until we fix our social care crisis

With 165,000 unfilled vacancies in social care, we urgently need to recruit people to work in the sector to resolve the crisis

Jeevun Sandher

13 January 2023

Will a national care service fix our broken system?

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Will a national care service fix our broken system?

Labour’s proposal might help bring some attention back to social care and the government’s failed reforms

Daniel Button

06 July 2022

The care crisis won't be solved with tax cuts

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The care crisis won't be solved with tax cuts

National insurance is due to rise next week, but changes in the spring statement make it less likely that social care will get the funding it needs

Daniel Button

01 April 2022

Spring budget: Five asks for Rishi Sunak

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Spring budget: Five asks for Rishi Sunak

With millions struggling to afford life's essentials, here's how the chancellor can make a real difference on Wednesday

Alfie Stirling

22 March 2022

No place like home

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No place like home

The minimum wage doesn’t apply to live-in nannies and au pairs, which allows employers to abuse and exploit these workers

Miranda Hall, Veronica Deutsch

28 October 2021

Who owns vaccines?

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Who owns vaccines?

Covid vaccine nationalism is showing us that our intellectual property system is broken

Miriam Brett

19 July 2021

Where is the plan for social care?

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Where is the plan for social care?

Despite promising to ‘fix’ social care, government has kicked the can down the road again

Daniel Button

13 May 2021

Is free personal care enough?

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Is free personal care enough?

A more expansive vision for social care needs to be at the centre of a universal offer

Daniel Button, Sarah Bedford

27 April 2021

Social care reform: ambition vs reality

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Social care reform: ambition vs reality

Public appetite for social care reform is high but will the government finally take some action?

Daniel Button

08 April 2021

Five ways to make sure everyone can afford to isolate safely

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Five ways to make sure everyone can afford to isolate safely

The government’s failure to support people to isolate threatens our public health

Lydia Prieg

29 January 2021

Escaping green deprivation

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Escaping green deprivation

Johnson’s seven-mile cycle ride has been criticised, but many people in Britain have no choice but to travel to get safe access to green space

Alex Chapman, Jasmeet Phagoora

20 January 2021

Racism is driving us mad

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Racism is driving us mad

BAME people can't access mental health services as easily as their white counterparts – and why, when they do get support, they have lower recovery rates

Samara Linton

14 December 2020

How to end the hostile environment in the NHS

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How to end the hostile environment in the NHS

Evidence of its failures alone won't end the hostile environment - we need to get organised.

Daniel Button

16 October 2020

Scrapping Public Health England is the wrong way to shake up public health

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Scrapping Public Health England is the wrong way to shake up public health

Covid-19 shines a light on health inequalities, but scrapping Public Health England makes further inaction more likely.

Daniel Button

20 August 2020

Mental health awareness isn't enough

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Mental health awareness isn't enough

We can't settle for awareness without proper mental health funding for prevention and treatment.

Sarah Arnold, Daniel Button

22 May 2020

Awareness of what?

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Awareness of what?

It’s Mental Health Awareness Week – but there’s a national crisis that lies beneath the social media veneer

Jake Mills

20 May 2020

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