Just in time for the London Pride march this Saturday, Save the Children has approved its new global policy on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGIE).

Next month, the UK will join 46 other countries in reporting on its progress on meeting the Sustainable Development Goals. So, what grade has it given itself?

Polling conducted in 2018 found that three in ten Brits think refugees get too much help in the UK, compared to just 18% who think the opposite. The older you are, or the more right-wing you are, the likelier you are to think that refugees receive too much assistance. Culture Wars divide us in so […]

We need people to access health services at the right time, not wait until pain or suffering forces them to borrow money or sell assets, and the condition has become too serious.

What is maths anxiety and why does it matter? Research just published by the Centre for Neuroscience in Education at the University of Cambridge highlights the grim experience of ‘mathematics anxiety’ among children in the UK (Carey et al, 2019). It’s there in early primary school, and it gets worse at secondary school. The researchers […]

As the saying goes, you’re never too old to learn.  Something I was reminded of recently when listening to a debate on Innovation and Development, run by University College London’s Department of Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy. Not only did I meet an enthusiastic and outspoken group of students, but I learnt a few […]

Today’s child poverty figures show that child poverty in the UK is increasing across the board, and that the youngest children continue to be most at risk.

Our analysis shows that since 2010, over 400,000 more children in households with children under 5 are in poverty, an increase of over a quarter over this period. […]

What follows is not an apology for tyranny. Abusive governments must be challenged wherever possible. But we won’t do this by withdrawing aid from non-democracies.