NHS review highlights delays in cancer diagnosis and treatment
The UK has a better cervical screening programme than Sweden, so why are UK women less likely to survive cervical cancer?
Ruby Stockham
Ruby Stockham was formerly a staff writer at Left Foot Forward. She has a Masters degree in Modern Literature and was the winner of The Spectator's 2013 prize for travel writing.
The gender pay debate is bigger than Professor Tim Hunt
Female professors at Hunt’s university earn £2,200 less than their male counterparts
Richest are paying lower proportion of income tax than poorest, says ONS
Cuts to tax credits will make things even worse for the poorest households
Government accused of stealing over £90m of funding for new council homes
Profits from Right to Buy have been put into the ‘general pot’ of the Treasury
UK renters get the worst deal in Europe
23 minutes of every hour worked in the UK is spent on rent
Welfare cuts: who will lose out?
The working poor and their children will suffer when the ‘merry-go-round’ stops
Clean energy will create more jobs than fossil fuel, says UN report
Report counters claims that cutting emissions is incompatible with growth
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Latest government figures show the impact soaring house prices are having on living conditions
Why the rich getting richer is bad for growth
New IMF research shows that an increase in the income share of the poor boosts the whole economy