The welfare state was designed around male financial responsibility for their families. Stephen Dorey|Alamy March 22, 2024 Scotland apologised in 2023 for historic forced adoptions – but this happened throughout the UK Michael Lambert, Lancaster University In the 1940s, Britain’s nascent welfare state was designed around male financial responsibility for their families – unmarried mothers were intentionally disregarded.
Both homes and businesses in rural areas struggled with digital connectivity during the pandemic. Keith Morris/Alamy December 6, 2023 Rural communities are being left behind because of poor digital infrastructure, research shows Aloysius Igboekwu, Aberystwyth University; Maria Plotnikova, Aberystwyth University, and Sarah Lindop, Aberystwyth University New research reveals the digital divide that was exposed by the COVID pandemic.
VGstockstudio / Shutterstock April 5, 2022 No fault divorce: how the new law will reduce family conflict Andrew Gilbert, The Open University The reform finally brings the divorce process into the 21st century.