Press Release: 14 May 2013 Protected offline, but exposed online, says Baroness Howe Today, Baroness Howe of Idlicote will introduce legislation intended to protect under-eighteens from adult content online. Welcomed by internet safety charities, her new Online Safety Bill has its First Reading in the House of Lords today. Baroness Howe explained the hypocrisy of [...]

The charity CARE has linked the fall in organ donation numbers in Wales[1] to growing public disquiet over controversial plans by the Welsh Government to introduce deemed (presumed) consent. Ahead of tomorrow’s major debate on the Human Transplantation [Wales] Bill, CARE warns the Welsh Government that this decline in donations should give it cause to [...]

CARE has today welcomed the Health and Social Care Committee’s recommendation for greater clarity about the role of the family in the Human Transplantation (Wales) Bill’s proposed presumed consent system and says this must make it clear organs will not be taken if families object. Dan Boucher, CARE’s National Assembly Policy Officer, speaking in Swansea [...]

How the Budget really affects families – An analysis for CARE by independent fiscal policy consultants The Budget contained two proposals which directly affect the take-home pay of families. One was the fulfilment of the promise in the Coalition Agreement to introduce the £10,000 personal allowance. The other was the proposal to introduce a tax [...]

PRESS RELEASE 21 March 2013 CARE Speaks Out As Marriage Forgotten Yet Again The social policy charity CARE has today expressed great disappointment that the commitments to recognise marriage in the Conservative Manifesto and Coalition Agreement remain unfulfilled after the fourth Osborne Budget. CARE’s Chief Executive Nola Leach said, ‘The lack of progress on transferable [...]

The social policy charity CARE has expressed shock and disappointment in response to the announcement of a significant new childcare provision that discriminates against stay-at-home parents. The Prime Minister and Government ministers have repeatedly reiterated their commitment to recognising marriage in the tax system by supporting one-earner married families through the introduction of transferable allowances. [...]

CARE in Northern Ireland has expressed disappointment at the news that an amendment to the Criminal Justice Bill, which would have effectively prevented private organisations and charities from providing abortion services in Northern Ireland, was not successful. This was in spite of the fact that the amendment was supported by a majority of members of [...]

CARE in Northern Ireland raises concerns over ethics of presumed consent organ donation There is no clear causal link between presumed consent and increased organ availability Recommends exploring other options such as the mandated choice model instead   CARE in Northern Ireland has reacted with concern to new plans to radically change the system of [...]

In written evidence submitted to the Scottish Parliament’s Health and Sport Committee enquiry into teenage pregnancy, the charity CARE for Scotland argue that the ideological underpinning of current sexual health policy is  fundamentally flawed, causing rates of teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) to remain stubbornly high across Scotland. The social policy charity criticise [...]

Momentum is building for Baroness Howe’s Online Safety Bill, following disappointment with the Government’s lacklustre response to the proposal to introduce an opt-in system for protecting children online. In the week running up to Safer Internet Day, a series of amendments have been tabled to support Baroness Howe’s efforts to improve the safety of children [...]