Communities and families

Work and Pensions Committee publishes Government response to report on Universal Credit and childcare costs.

Lords debates government's intended plans for social care support due in spring 2023. Catch up

MPs to debate support for women in poverty

Learn more about engaging with the House of Lords to effectively raise an issue in Parliament

The Public Services Committee announces a short inquiry which will consider the effectiveness of the Government’s strategy for children’s social care, and whether it will meet the identified needs in the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care report.

Episode three looks at the trauma from the adoption of children of unmarried mothers

During LGBT+ History Month, discover the role House of Lords members play to remove barriers and raise awareness for LGBT+ rights

MPs to debate the High Income Child Benefit Charge

MPs to debate the State Pension age

Members discuss educational prospects in light of new report by Commission for Young Lives. Catch up

Members mark global day of remembrance. Catch up

Catch up on a packed year in the Lords with 5,244 changes to 100 bills, plus questions and debates in over 3,350 hours of business.

Members discuss principles behind current policy and response to forced migration. Catch up

This month we speak to two members who have been leading investigations into improving adult social care and how the government has incompletely implemented the Children and Families Act.