Little Steps, Big Struggles, Childcare in Wales published by Oxfam Cymru on behalf of the Make Care Fair coalition, lifts the lid on over 300 parents’ experiences of navigating Wales’ complex and ‘extortionately expensive’ childcare system.
This listing is compiled by Heather Dawson. It gives quick links to recent full text social science reports and government publications. Use it to keep up to date
Sunday, 3 December 2023
Thursday, 7 September 2023
cost of living research september 2023
NFER Findings within NFER’s report, Cost-of-living crisis: Impact on schools – pupils and families, reveal the increased pressures on pupils and their families means over 90 per cent of primary, secondary and special schools are also subsidising extra-curricular activities for some pupils. In addition, 70 per cent of schools are reporting providing food to pupils through food parcels, food banks, food vouchers and subsidised breakfasts.
decline in spending school buildings IFS
Northern Health Science Alliance
Addressing education and health inequity: perspectives from the North of England
Tuesday, 8 August 2023
cost of living research August 2023
Shifting Sands: Employer responsibility during the cost of living crisis Work Foundation
Tuesday, 18 July 2023
Cost of Living research July 2023
Limiting choices why people risk insecure work - Work Foundation.
Summer childcare survey Coram family
Monday, 5 June 2023
Monday, 15 May 2023
cost of living crisis May 2023 social science publications
Overcrowding in England April 2023 National Housing federation.
A year in progress: reflections from the 2022 Health Inequalities Strategy annual report Mayor of London
Working Foundation rising levels of economic activity due to sickness
Monday, 17 April 2023
Cost of living crisis social science publications April 2023
VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance - Tackling the cost of living crisis and impacts on health and wellbeing: key actions health and care policy makers, commissioners and provider organisations can take
UK Youth has published new research on poverty which looks at the impact of the current cost of living on young people and families in the UK. Findings from a poll of parents and young people aged 16- to 25 include: 36% of young people say they are more lonely as they reduce their social life to save money; and 54% say their mental health has been negatively impacted by the cost of living crisissocial science reports April 2023
National Education Union - State of education mental health
Tackling loneliness Uk government 4th annual report
APPG on Medical Research - Health disparities: why medical research is a crucial tool for change
Terminally ill patients receive less care in less affluent areas - Nuffield Trust
Impact of the pandemic on working class museum staff - survey museum as muck. ongoing negative effects.
Wednesday, 15 March 2023
Budget March 2023
UK government documents
https://www.gov.uk/government/topical-events/spring-budget-2023
Office of Budgetary responsibility Fiscal Forecasts
https://obr.uk/
House of Commons Library background briefing
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9745/
Budget Procedures
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/what-is-the-budget/
IFS analysis
https://ifs.org.uk/spring-budget-2023
Institute for Government
https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/budget-2023
ICAEW Analysis
https://www.icaew.com/technical/economy/spring-budget-2023
NIESR analysis
https://www.niesr.ac.uk/blog/what-should-the-2023-spring-budget-contain
EY analysis
https://www.ey.com/en_uk/budget
BDO
https://www.bdo.co.uk/en-gb/budget/predictions
PWC
https://www.pwc.co.uk/budget.html
Deloitte
https://taxscape.deloitte.com/spring-budget-2023/overview.aspx
KPMG
https://kpmg.com/uk/en/home/insights/2023/03/tmd-spring-budget-2023-our-predictions-and-plans.html
Newspapers
BBC coverage
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business
Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/budget
FT
https://www.ft.com/uk-budget
Submissions
NHS providers
https://nhsproviders.org/media/695039/budget-submission-nhs-providers.pdf
Kings Fund
comment on social care funding https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/topics/social-care-finances
NCVO charities
https://www.ncvo.org.uk/news-and-insights/news-index/charities-urge-chancellor-to-provide-urgent-cost-of-living-support
Shelter
https://england.shelter.org.uk/professional_resources/policy_and_research/policy_library/shelter_representation_spring_budget_2023
Womens Budget Group
https://wbg.org.uk/media/press-releases/the-chancellor-must-invest-1-75bn-in-childcare-to-help-families-with-the-cost-of-living-crisis/
Russell Group
https://russellgroup.ac.uk/news/russell-group-submission-to-the-spring-budget-2023/
CBI
https://www.cbi.org.uk/articles/spring-budget-2023-what-we-re-asking-for-and-why/
TUC trade unions
https://www.tuc.org.uk/research-analysis/reports/spring-budget-2023
British Chambers of Commerce
https://www.britishchambers.org.uk/news/2023/02/spring-budget-must-ease-the-squeeze
Federation small Businesses
https://www.fsb.org.uk/resources-page/one-month-to-go-small-businesses-launch-agenda-for-growth-at-hunt-s-make-or-break-budget.html
Institute of Directors
https://www.iod.com/news/uk-economy/iod-calls-for-incentives-for-investment-in-skills-capital-and-net-zero-in-spring-budget/
UK Hospitality
https://www.ukhospitality.org.uk/page/SpringBudget23
Monday, 6 March 2023
Cost of living crisis social science publications March 2023
Obesity Health Alliance - Health inequalities statement
NHS Confederation - Tackling poverty and the cost of food
Coram child care costs survey 2023
NSPCC Crisis on our doorstep impact on children
Carers trust impact on young carers
#FailedandForgotten - - Disabled Children's Partnership
EMPLOYER BRIEFING: FINANCIAL WELLBEING DURING THE COST OF LIVING CRISIS (lancaster.ac.uk)
Sector Pulse Check: A snapshot of finances and workforce in the adult social care sector in 2022
Monday, 13 February 2023
cost of living crisis research feb 2022
State of the nation 2022: children and young people’s wellbeing
A report on the wellbeing of children and young people over the academic year 2021 to 2022.
The Department for Education (DfE) has published a new State of the nation report looking at the wellbeing of children and young people in England over the academic year 2021/2022. The report sets out previously published data from various sectors. The report finds that during the 2021/22 academic year, while wellbeing on most measures remained consistent, anxiousness among both primary and secondary-aged pupils appears to have increased and is higher than in 2020/21
The tooth hurts: smiles shaped by poverty
Hygiene poverty charity Beauty Banks has teamed up with the British Dental Association (BDA) to understand the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on the oral health of students and on the role of teachers in classrooms across Britain. The survey found that one in four UK secondary school teachers surveyed reported that they have given out toothbrushes and toothpaste to their pupils.
Monday, 9 January 2023
Cost of Living crisis social science research January 2023
Poverty 2023 Joesph Rowntree report
How the cost of living crisis is damaging children’s health
BMJ 2023; 380 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.o3064 (Published 04 January 2023)
Changes in children’s mental health and parents’ financial stress from March 2020 to October 2022, Co-SPACE study, University of Oxford
State of health visiting, UK survey report: a vital safety net under pressure
This report details the findings from a UK survey of frontline health visitors working with families across the United Kingdom. It finds health visitors reporting epidemic levels of poverty, with more parents struggling with the cost-of-living crisis that is forcing them to turn to food banks to feed their children.
New report highlights urgent need for improved care regarding continued inequality and mothers’ mental health NPEU
State of the North 2023 - Looking out to level up: How the North and the UK measure up
Mental health of children and young people in England 2022: wave 3 follow; up to the 2017 survey. Looks at the mental health of children and young people in England in 2022. NHS Digital, 2022
The Rising Cost of Living: A Review of Interventions to Reduce Impacts on Health Inequalities in London Institute of Health Equity
The Child Poverty and the Cost of Living Crisis report from the All-Party Parliamentary Group Child of the North, has found that children in the North are some of the least protected from the current cost of living crisis.
Mental Health Foundation Supporting and expanding green social prescribing to address mental health inequalities in London