Families “squeezed by rising prices and stagnant wages”
A new report by the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) casts further light on the extent to which families are struggling financially across the country.
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Christians in Britain are not persecuted, but they are around the world
The former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has criticised western Christians who claim they are persecuted in their own country.
Influential journal criticises government for viewing NHS as a “failing bank or business”
The leading medical journal Lancet has said in an editorial that the government should stop treating the NHS as a ‘failing bank or business.’
Opinion: Another great sporting summer for Britain, but PE lessons need radical improvement
With the news that children are more unhealthy and unfit than ever before it is time that PE lessons lead to a lifelong interest in sport and exercise.
Tories take hundreds of thousands from hedge fund managers while giving them a tax cut
The Conservative Party received over a million pounds in just three months from donors who had private dinners with David Cameron and other senior ministers. This includes £694,370 from donors in the financial sector, including hedge fund managers.
Unhealthy lifestyles and government inaction
A new study from the British Heart Foundation reveals shocking statistics about how unhealthy British kids are. But if the government is serious about improving children’s health it has to do something about poverty.
Comment: PMQs – Miliband exposes Conservative divisions over the EU
Once again the issue of the United Kingdom’s relationship with the European Union risks sending the Conservative Party into a frenzy of debate and division. Since becoming leader, David Cameron has tried his utmost to cast off his Party’s past.test
Anger at government reforms to Disability Living Allowance
On Wednesday, disability rights campaigners urged the Lords that the government’s proposed introduction of Personal Independence Payment, to replace the Disability Living Allowance, had serious flaws and requires significant changes. The website We Are Spartacus, which features the opinions oftest
“Somnishambles”: Skills Minister misses TV interview after oversleeping
Skills Minister Matthew Hancock has admitted that he was late for a Daybreak interview because he overslept. As skills minister he was going to discuss the government’s latest plans on how young unemployed people could be made more employable. Hancocktest
Delingpole debunked by Met Office
James Delingpole is in trouble after the Met Office has eviscerated a number of claims he made in a bizarre Daily Mail article. The Met Office writes: “This article contains a series of factual inaccuracies about the Met Office andtest