Resources

This Easy News story is about the Spring Statement which Rishi Sunak shared in March 2022. In the Statement, he explained what the government is doing to try and help with people’s living costs going up – this is sometimes called the cost of living crisis.

This Easy News story is about the Winter Paralympic Games 2022 which took place in China. It was translated by Kieran.

Download free easy-read practice ballot papers and voting guides for the local elections taking place on Thursday 5 May.

This Easy News story is about the Russian army invading Ukraine and how other countries have responded. It was translated by Ben on 1 March 2022.

This Easy News story is about the government parties that took place during lockdowns in 2020 and the report written by Sue Gray about them. It was translated by Alan Beaumont.

This Easy News story is about the increase in the number of disability hate crimes reported to the police. It was translated by Ben.

The Care and Support Alliance (CSA) are campaigning to the government, asking them to increase funding for councils in the October Spending Review so they can provide quality social care support to more people. Here is an easy read guide to the campaign and how you can get involved…

This Easy News story is about the government’s plans to increase National Insurance by 1.25% from April 2022 to pay more towards social care and the NHS. It was translated by Ben.

This Easy News story is about what is happening in Afghanistan and the Taliban taking control of the country. It was translated by Ben.

This Easy News story is about the extreme weather that has occurred recently and climate change. It was translated by Ben.