Archive: Family

Ray of hope for families kept apart by UK immigration enforcement

New legal amendment means some couples may be reunited after years apart

ESRC: How family conflict affects children

New research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) reveals why some children are badly affected by negative family conflicts while other children survive without significant problems.
ESRC: Maori culture teaches us families crucial to mental health

Maori culture teaches us that families are crucial to helping with mental health crises.
Fairness for families of people injured or killed - why the law must change - APIL

The law in England and Wales treats bereaved families like second class citizens when they need to claim compensation after the death of a loved one who has been killed simply because someone was negligent.
What "We Believe" young people need - YMCA

YMCA's manifesto makes recommendations across five areas of change: accommodation, family work, health and wellbeing, training and education, democracy and youth engagement.

So your mother voted Leave: How to fix a family broken by Brexit

It's not just political parties being torn apart by Brexit - families are too
Want to marry someone from abroad? Don’t be female or black

Money can't buy you love. But it can buy you the right to live together

Childcare: Coalition's helping hand to rich parents

The coalition is trumpeting its childcare support package, but campaigners have expressed bafflement that couples with a joint income of £299,999 will benefit.
Osborne risks wrath of the mummies

Working mothers face a real-terms cut in benefits as a result of George Osborne's autumn statement, prompting Labour to attack the chancellor's 'mummy tax'.

Comment: Why co-habiting will never be as successful as marriage

Even as the number of co-habiting couples skyrockets, we must recognise marriage is a more reliable way of keep lovers together.