Changes to Universal Credit mean nearly 1million poorer children will lose out on a free nutritious meal at lunch – costing parents £400 a year. Free school meals were brought in as one of a series of new investments in our schools by the Liberal Democrats in coalition. Now they are being cut by the Conservatives. […]

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A proven way to prevent cervical cancer is to have cervical screening to find pre-cancers before they can turn into invasive cancer. This is called a smear test and every woman over the age of 25 who is registered at a GP is invited to have one every 3 years; if you’re younger you can still make […]

Friday 1st December is World AIDS Day 2017. After 30 years of fighting AIDS, it’s time to end isolation, stigma and HIV transmission once and for all! But the fight is not just about the virus. For the 100,000+ people living with HIV in the UK, ignorance and discrimination can still limit opportunities, preventing them […]

New studies show that the UK economy has stalled under the Conservatives. This Conservative crash will wipe £49bn off the UK economy by 2021. That’s £687 for every person in the UK. Or enough to recruit 69,000 new police officers or 66,000 teachers. The Conservatives are also putting £3bn aside for ‘problems’ with  Brexit. Despite […]

This week (13th – 19th November) is Alcohol Awareness Week. It’s time to think about whether you, your family and friends are keeping yourselves healthy and happy by drinking the right amount of alcohol. The aim of this year’s Alcohol Awareness Week is to get people thinking about alcohol and how it affects us as […]

Diabetes across the world 1 in 10 adults across the world will have diabetes by 2040 if current trends continue. Including 313 million women. That’s why this year the theme of World Diabetes Day 2017 is Women and diabetes. The campaign is designed to share the importance of affordable access for all women at risk […]

Happy Movember Many of you will know Movember as the month where lots of people grow a moustache. But do you know the reason behind the month of the moustache? The Movember Foundation exists to help prevent early death for men across the world and Movember itself was created to highlight some of the most […]

Condemned for a remarkable “lack of direction” our lame-duck government faced the country today with no plan and no majority. After watching the ‘Queen’s Speech’, a chance for Britain to hear the government’s plans set out for the years ahead, many were left deflated and disappointed. The main themes of this election were ignored completely. […]