A third of neonatal units in England, which care for ill newborn babies, are reducing their number of nurses, according to a new study from the charity Bliss.
The refusal to engage with criticism of the sanction system's effect on mental health comes after a highly critical study by the charity Mind.
A recent study by the charity found that 740,000 privately rented home across England contained serious risks to health including severe damp, rat infestations, and risks of explosion.
A new study by the charity Save the Children revealed that almost 2 million youngsters were living in households where their parents or guardians earned less than the living wage.
According to a recent study by the charity Age UK, the number of people aged over 65 is expected to nearly double (48%) to 16 million by the end of the next decade [PDF].
Almost half of single parents in the UK have been forced to borrow money from family, friends or lenders to pay for childcare costs over the past two years, according to a study by the charity Gingerbread.
A study by the charity Gingerbread, as part of its Paying the Price project, suggests that 67% of lone parent families are constantly struggling with their finances, and that one in 10 are not coping at all.
Yesterday's workforce study by the charity Independent Age and the ageing issues thinktank ILC-UK says there must be urgent action, and funding, both to attract more UK workers into social care and to make it easier to recruit from overseas.
A study by the charity for single homeless people and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation found that one in 18 adults had experienced homelessness.
In the UK, a study by the charity CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably) shows that 12 men are ending their own lives everyday and that suicide remains the single biggest cause of death in men under the age of 45 in Britain.
