society
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Mental illness soars among young women in England – surveyNHS study finds 12.6% of women aged 16-24 screen positive for PTSD, 19.7% self-harm and 28.2% have mental health condition
interviews & opinion
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The US poverty rate had one of its biggest single-year falls in 50 years in 2015 – some 3.5 million fewer Americans were living in poverty than in the previous yearProgressive policies can reduce poverty – as the US shows
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Britain’s youngest mayor on Brexit and the challenges facing LabourTerence Smith, Goole’s 19-year-old mayor, on why his Yorkshire town voted Brexit and giving up freshers’ week for the Labour conference
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Michael Grade: ‘Success would mean no business coming in’The chair of the new charity fundraising regulator promises a fair and speedy complaints process ahead of a keynote speech to the Media Trust
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World Bank to name and shame countries that fail to prevent stunting in childrenExclusive: Bank chief Jim Yong Kim vows to expose governments that fail to tackle malnourishment as part of mission to rid world of stunting by 2030
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Care home residents deprived of liberty in record numbersCampaigners fear mistreatment as number of requests received by councils to deny freedom jumps to 195,840 in 2015-16
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Flashing Christmas lights are a dangerLetters: Around three in every 100 people with epilepsy have photosensitive epilepsy. Various types of seizure can be triggered by flashing or flickering light
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Child sex abuse inquiry: victims anxious after counsels' resignationsDepartures of Ben Emmerson and Elizabeth Prochaska leave many worried amid calls for restructured investigation
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What next for the child abuse inquiry after its top lawyer’s departure?The suspension and then resignation of Ben Emmerson QC as lead counsel is another major blow for the much-troubled inquiry. But there are potential solutions to the problems it faces
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Shambolic child abuse inquiry is failing in its most important roleSecrecy and lack of transparency may have delivered fatal blow to inquiry’s primary requirement – to gain trust of survivors
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How child abuse inquiry lurched from 'catastrophe to catastrophe' – timelineSuspension of Ben Emmerson from inquiry into institutional child abuse follows resignation of three previous chairs
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Property firm invites activists to set up art space in squatted officeCamelot, which provides security for empty buildings, makes offer to squatters occupying its former HQ in London
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networks
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Voluntary Sector NetworkVoluntary Sector NetworkWill charities be able to deliver on plans to tighten fundraising rules?New proposals endorsed by the NCVO board aim to ‘put donors in control’ – but these big commitments could prove costly hostages to fortune
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Healthcare Professionals NetworkHealthcare Professionals NetworkMy clients assumed I had a new job – I couldn't say I had cancerAs a therapist, personal boundaries are essential but when my own counsellor died of the disease I wished I’d been more open
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Adoption numbers drop steeply as government's flagship policy falters