Tag: Loneliness

• Friday, January 19th 2018 - 09:32 UTC

  UK appoints a “minister of loneliness” to tackle the “hidden epidemic” that affects nine million Britons

  

  Britain appointed a “minister for loneliness” on Wednesday to tackle what Prime Minister Theresa May described as “the sad reality of modern life” affecting millions of people. Tracey Crouch, a junior minister for sport and civil society, will take on the role as part of a broader strategy to combat loneliness in Britain.