Daily roundup 3 February: Universal Credit, media guidelines, and youth homlessness

Universal Credit will leave working families worse off on average, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies. The BBC reports that Universal Credit, which combines six benefits into one monthly payment, will leave around two million families £1,600 worse off every year.


Using the words "historic", "victims" and "child pornography" should be avoided when reporting on children who have been abused, according to new guidelines from the National Association for People Abused in Childhood. The Guardian reports that the guidelines say "there is nothing historic" for those who has survived abuse.


A campaign calling on the next Mayor of London to do more to solve youth homelessness has been launched by a group of homeless charities. The Lead London Home campaign is being led by Centrepoint, along with Crisis, St Mungo's and Homeless link and has called on the candidates to support a six-point manifesto.


Reading Borough Council's children's services department is moving in the right direction, according to a report from the council. Get Reading reports that the department's new action plan has improved staff members' confidence following problems last year when the department's director was sacked four months into her appointment.


Wigan Council has been told it will be able to provide additional free childcare for 450 children as part of a government trial. The Manchester Evening News reports that the borough is one of eight to be chosen to pilot the scheme from September this year, but is yet to be told by the government how the scheme will be implemented.