Research shows that 1.2 to 2 billion tonnes of food are wasted each year. Shockingly, this means that it could be possible that as much as half of all food produced in the world is wasted. As the Institute oftest
Israel Benjamin Netanyahu looks set to win re-election on January 22nd. National opinion polls show that Likud and its electoral partnership with the nationalist party Yisrael Beiteinu are in a strong position, and it looks likely they will be abletest
Today Blackpool has become the first council in England to provide free breakfasts for all its primary school children, whilst in London, 50 schools will be involved in a scheme in which free breakfasts are granted to pupils. In October,test
With the memory of the G4S debacle at the beginning of the summer still sore, today’s news that the government plans to outsource huge swathes of the probation service will be met by cynicism and concern. British government use oftest
The People’s Republic of China has announced that it may cease its use of forced labour camps. The policy of “re-education through labour” has been a system of punishment in China since Mao Zedong introduced it in 1957. Since itstest
Today parliament votes on a bill to cap increases in benefits and tax credits at 1% for 2014 – 2015 and 2015 – 2016. Previously, benefits rose in line with prices. However the Coalition’s plans means that entitlements including childtest
During David Cameron and Nick Clegg’s Mid Term Review press conference the Prime Minister claimed that on every issue the government had supported wealth creators. However, there is at least one striking way that the Coalition has not agreed totest
To put it mildly, last year was not a good one for the Coalition. The Conservative Party dropped nine points in the polls and was divided over gay marriage and the EU. Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats battled UKIP for thirdtest
Today judges ruled that letters sent by Prince Charles to ministers should be made public. Mr Justice Walker and two other judges ruled that: “The essential reason is that it will generally be in the overall public interest for theretest
Mitt Romney’s run of self inflicted electoral harm continues. Yesterday Mother Jones released a video that revealed his opinion of 47% of voters: ‘There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what… dependenttest
