Young families were particularly hard hit by an “abrupt” slowdown in living standards in the year before the general election, a think tank says. The Resolution Foundation found that average income growth halved to 0.7% during that period compared with the previous year. Those aged 25-34 were worst hit, it said, with their average incomes no higher than they were in 2002-03. The Treasury said it was taking “concrete steps” to help families. The Resolution Foundation analyses living standards, and says its
Ministers do not know how many hundreds of thousands of children in England are living risky or vulnerable lives, says children’s commissioner Anne Longfield. England’s children’s champion has tried to calculate the total in a report, in the absence of overall official data. She found some 670,000 children live in high risk family situations, thousands with parents in addiction treatment. Children’s minister Robert Goodwill said support for vulnerable children was being given across government. But he acknowledged there was more to do. Ms Longfield highlighted
[av_dropcap1]W[/av_dropcap1]e are proud to announce our 4th Birthday! Four years ago TESYouth was launched to assist young people affected by unemployment, to receive the support and advice that they need. We have achieved this by supporting about 600 young people since our launch. It has been a great pleasure running workshops, work experience activities and building self-esteem for our future leaders and role models and this has inspired our plans and vision for the exciting years ahead. We hope you have
In March and April TESYouth offered Work experience to 18 to 25 year olds in Barnet. The work experience participants feedback demonstrates that it is a highly beneficial experience and an opportunity to develop new skills and a sense of confidence and adaptability that helps them later in life. Read feedback
University staff from EU countries should be guaranteed a right to stay and work in the UK after Brexit to avoid a “damaging brain drain”, says a report from MPs. The education select committee wants urgent steps taken to end uncertainty over the future status of EU academics. The MPs also want overseas students to be taken out of migration figures. Committee chairman Neil Carmichael said Brexit risks damaging universities’ “international competitiveness”. About one in six academic staff in the UK is from
