Why the social pain of welfare reform overshadows any economic gain
richardjohnson/Shutterstock The UK government is calling it the “biggest shakeup to the welfare system in a generation” – prompted by what the prime minister described…
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richardjohnson/Shutterstock The UK government is calling it the “biggest shakeup to the welfare system in a generation” – prompted by what the prime minister described…
Read more →amenic181/Shutterstock Keir Starmer says the current benefits system is unsustainable, unfair and needs changing to avoid a wasted generation of young people who are not…
Read more →The hospitality sector will be among the most seriously affected. cktravels.com/Shutterstock Employers in the UK are about to be hit with a hefty tax rise.…
Read more →A young woman who is recovering from an eating disorder is urging health services to review their criteria for mental illness support. Grace Roy, 19, from Preston, has been suffering […]
Read more →House of Commons/Flickr, CC BY-ND “It’s one thing to say the economy is not doing well and we’ve got a fiscal challenge … but cutting…
Read more →Shutterstock/David Herraez Calzada The display of human remains in museums has long been a contentious issue. Last week, the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Afrikan Reparations…
Read more →The UK government has announced the abolition of NHS England, phased over two years. In practice, this will involve merging some functions and staff from…
Read more →The UK Court of Appeal recently ruled on an appeal brought by 16 environmental activists serving prison sentences for planning or participating in a series…
Read more →LONDON — United States, Portuguese and British authorities are investigating what caused a cargo ship to collide with an oil tanker carrying jet fuel for…
Read more →An ‘early adopter’ primary school of free breakfast clubs has claimed they are not financially viable. Broughton in Amounderness Primary School was listed as one of hundreds of schools across […]
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