The Economic Affairs Committee recommends the government spend at least £8 billion to restore social care to acceptable standards.

Children’s Commissioner has argued for the next Prime Minister to put their proposed savings towards mending broken childhoods.

Councils risk losing £5.3bn in just 18 months if the government does not put in place replacement funding arrangements for Brexit.

Political parties and MPs have forged a new cross-party consensus on replacing the UK’s First Past the Post voting system.

Ongoing Brexit uncertainties are having a negative impact on pupils’ motivation to learn a European language.

Twelve children's homes in England were closed down by Ofsted last year due to concerns about the quality of care.
According to the children’s social care inspectorate, a further 25 homes de-registered, after receiving warning notices about breaches of regulations - marking the highest number of enforced closures since 2007. The news accompanied a warning about the uneven spread of residential children's homes around the country, with providers saying a more strategic overview was needed.

MPs say that the government’s over-reliance on traditional building methods will see it fall far short of its housing target.

The new Prime Minister must publish the long-awaited adult social care green paper before Parliament goes into recess in September.

Labour finds the vast majority of social housing tower blocks in England are still without life-saving sprinkler systems.

A new Institute for Public Policy Research report has argued that austerity has failed economically, fiscally and socially.