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New research by national charity Scope has highlighted the extent of negative attitudes that are held towards disabled people, as well as emphasising the growing gap between disabled people and non-disabled people’s perceptions of what negative attitudes still exist.

Examining the prejudices that disabled people face, the report, The Disability Perception Gap, found that one in three disabled people feel there is still a lot of disability prejudice in Britain today, whilst only one in five non-disabled think the same.

This paper presents findings on attitudes to dementia in Britain.
While the majority of people have known someone with dementia
and knowledge of the symptoms of dementia is high, there are clear gaps in public knowledge of the risk factors. There is also evidence of stigmatising attitudes towards people living with dementia.

With warnings of year-round winter crises and funding under pressure, will the system continue to meet the public’s needs?

A poll estimated that 73% of under-25 voters voted Remain in the EU referendum. Other polls have reached a similar figure, but it’s impossible to say exactly what the true figure is.

Thinktank warns number of new low-cost houses must soar to address ‘woeful shortage’

Public satisfaction with the NHS appears to have dropped sharply after holding up in recent years.

The number of lone parent families in Britain are overstated in statistics that risk airbrushing fathers out of family life in what Fatherhood Institute chief Adrienne Burgess called an 'unacceptable' failure.

Health service has been voters’ first choice for extra government funding for decades, finds study

Despite warnings of a crisis, the quality of care and patient outcomes have improved. But the NHS still needs a pragmatic plan to secure its future

"Turnout reached a twenty-year high of 69% in last year’s General Election. It was the fourth time in a row that turnout increased following the dramatic fall in the 2001 General Election, when fewer than three-fifths of the electorate (59%) participated.

What is behind this recovery in electoral participation in Britain? Analysis of the latest British Social Attitudes (BSA) data by John Curtice and Ian Simpson offers some important clues."

The shortfall in England will soon be equivalent to a city the size of Leeds, a charity warns.

New analysis from the independent Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) shows how nearly 600 additional low-cost rented homes need to be built every week in order to fix the broken housing market and help low-income families escape poverty.

If you chose to, you could look at my son's mum as a single mother. In fact he has, for almost all of his 18 years, been surrounded by four loving parents

New research on the future of the welfare state found people lack confidence in the whole system of government, rather than individual politicians.