Topic: Welfare and equalities

Poverty and inequality are financial challenges for local authorities and threaten the cohesion of their communities.

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Dementia Friendly Communities: sharing learning from Bradford and York

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has recently published ‘How can we make our cities dementia friendly: sharing the learning from Bradford and York’, identifying key messages from two independent evaluations of areas that are relatively advanced in their dementia friendly community (DFC) developments.

England & Wales Briefing
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Private Tuition for school children and its impact

There has been a rise in parent-paid private tuition for pupils in public schools in recent years. This briefing contains an overview of the issue, a description of recent research and a consideration of the issues for local authorities and schools.

England & Wales Briefing
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Refugees, Asylum and Immigration: a primer

Global movement and displacement of persons has reached almost unprecedented levels. This briefing provides an overview of the rules governing immigration and asylum seeking in the UK, a statistical overview of trends, and an overview of what is known of the local economic and social impacts of migration.

Scotland Briefing
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Refugees, Asylum, and Immigration: A Primer

Global movement and displacement of persons has reached almost unprecedented levels. This briefing provides an overview of the rules governing immigration and asylum seeking here, a statistical overview of trends, and an overview of what is known of the local economic and social impacts of migration.

England & Wales Briefing
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Rethinking planning obligations: can they deliver the affordable housing we need?

Affordable housing provided through Section 106 planning obligations is on the decline; in some parts of England it accounts for only two per cent of provision. How can S106 be combined with other policies and interventions to increase the amount of housing that is affordable for people on low incomes?

England & Wales Briefing
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Downward mobility, opportunity hoarding and the ‘glass floor’ – SMCPC report

The Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission has published a research report on the ‘glass floor’, which protects less able, better-off children from falling down the social ladder as they become adults – inhibiting opportunities for more able children from less advantaged backgrounds. This briefing looks at the report.

England & Wales Briefing