This report from UK think tank the Centre for Social Justice looks at restoring the bond between schools and families. The Centre for Social Justice first revealed the crisis in school absence in 2021 and has since led the charge in understanding and offering solutions to getting children back to school. New polling for the...

This report from UK think tank the Centre for Social Justice sheds light on the exacerbated challenges faced by the most deprived communities. The UK is in danger of sliding back into the “Two Nations” of the Victorian era marked by a widening gulf between mainstream society and a depressed and poverty-stricken underclass. Breakdown Britain,...

This report from UK think tank the Centre for Social Justice offers landlords suggestions as to how they can exhibit excellence in the provision of residential accommodation. Renting privately can and should be a tenure where people feel they can thrive in a good home. Indeed, there are many good landlords and a lot of...

This report from UK think tank the Centre for Social Justice looks at the Government's Get Active Strategy. We welcome the ambitions set out in the Government’s recently published Get Active Strategy. However, we now need a clear, strategic national plan delivering on those ambitions—especially for disadvantaged children and young people. This report sets out...

This report from UK think tank the Centre for Social Justice provides a framework for the regulation of unrestricted alternative provision. Across mainstream schooling and registered alternative provision, there are processes in place to check this is the case. The same cannot be said of children and young people in unregistered alternative provision (AP). This...

This report from UK think tank the Centre for Social Justice provides a termly analysis of official data relating to absence from schools. The number of severely absent pupils has soared by 108 per cent since the pandemic. In Autumn 2022, 125,222 pupils were absent more often than they were present (severely absent), 1.7 per...

This report from UK think tank the Centre for Social Justice looks at breaking down barriers to work for people leaving prison. Britain’s economy is clamouring for workers. So much so that the Government dubbed the main fiscal event of 2023 its “back to work Budget”, introducing a new Universal Support scheme to help tens...

This report from UK think tank the Centre for Social Justice looks at equipping debt advisors to tackle illegal money. On the front lines, Britain’s debt advisers are facing an increased demand. Debt advice agencies across the board are witnessing steep rises in the need for debt advice and Citizens Advice, StepChange, and Christians Against...

This report from UK think tank the Centre for Social Justice looks at how severe absence became endemic in England's schools. Since 2021, the Centre for Social Justice has been investigating the issue of school absence. Our report, Kids Can’t Catch Up, first revealed that nearly 100,000 children had become severely absent in Autumn 2020....

This report from UK think tank the Centre for Social Justice looks at Housing First for domestic abuse survivors. The number of people forced into homelessness by an abusive or violent partner has surged by almost a fifth since the pandemic. According to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities between July and September...