News and Comment

We are delighted that the government has listened to calls for more flexible and inclusive terms in parental bereavement leave legislation and today announced that the new Parental Bereavement (Pay and Leave) Act will also entitle primary carers for children...

The Chancellor of the Exchequer has used his Budget 2018 speech this afternoon (29 October) to signal the end of austerity across the UK. However, despite the claims, the Chancellor’s speech has not done enough to ease the financial pressures...

Yesterday, on Thursday 25 October, Demelza Children's Hospice in Kent had a very special visit from our Ambassador - the world-class Magician, and Britain's Got Talent winner - Lance Corporal Richard Jones. Richard spent the afternoon meeting seriously ill children,...

England’s most vulnerable children are unable to access the full range of care and support that the government has committed to, a new report by a cross-party group of MPs and peers has revealed. Babies, children and young-people with life-limiting...

On the recent World Poetry Day, I discovered ‘The Elephant in the Room’. A metaphor for discussing mortality, it charts the ‘large and squatting’ elephant we squeeze around politely with ‘How are you?’ and ‘I’m fine’. I was particularly struck...

We have used our Budget representation to call on Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond to increase funding for children's palliative care when he delivers his speech to parliament 29 October. We have also asked the Treasury to provide more...