Young children perform better at school if their fathers feel they spend sufficient time in play with them, but there is no similar effect for mothers, new research says. The…

Landlords are using intrusion and negligence to try to oust elderly tenants whose rent is set at a regulated low level under pre-Thatcher legislation, research says. People living in Regulated…

Participants in a government scheme to check the welfare of people detained in police stations are ineffective at preventing abuse and death in custody, research says. The Independent Custody Visiting…

Women working from home regularly are less positive about their career prospects than men are, new research shows. They are also less optimistic about getting recognition for good work and…

Countries that allow economic inequality to increase as they grow richer make their citizens less happy, new research shows. In most of 78 countries studied people were less satisfied with…

Statement It goes without saying that the last 12 months have been difficult across the globe. Whilst many of us are desperate to get back to ‘normal’ and to socialise…

Money problems became the chief source of discontent for people in lockdown, more so than not having close friends or living with a partner, new research says. The study also…

England has seen a stall in progress on diagnosing dementia, despite government initiatives to boost rates of detection, new research says. A study by Dr Kamila Kolpashnikova, of the University…

The sexist alpha male of the 1960s advertising world as depicted in Mad Men is still alive and well and prowling the offices of today’s creatives, a new study shows….