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Scotland’s health and wealth challenges laid bare
A new report published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has highlighted a bleak picture for youth unemployment and health across Scotland.
Housing: How renting became the new norm
Richard Bassford looks at how renting became the new norm in the UK housing sector.
‘I see snow, therefore we’re heading for an ice age!’ – scientists debunk Boris’s climate whiff-whaff
Ros Donald and Christian Hunt of The Carbon Brief debunk Boris Johnson’s latest climate sceptic rantings.
Cities Outlook 2013: A downturn of two halves
For the past five years the UK economy has either been in, or on the brink of, recession, writes Rachel Smith of Centre for Cities.
Europe: Public mood “more pro-membership than for some years”
The latest Sunday Times/YouGov poll shows a majority in favour of EU membership for the first time this Parliament.
CPS set to quintuple tax evasion prosecutions
The CPS is set to increase the number of tax evasion cases it prosecutes fivefold to 1,500 a year by 2014-15.
This week’s most read
The most read articles on Left Foot Forward this week.
Comment: The hypocrisy of the horse meat ‘scandal’
Carnivore Chris Olewicz, post-graduate history student and writer studying at the University of Sheffield, writes about the pocrisy of the horse meat ‘scandal’.
Prevention of human trafficking must begin before the border
The fight against human trafficking must begin before the border, writes IPPR research assistant Brhmie Balaram.
Are there parallels between administrators on the high street and in the NHS?
Following the demise of Jessops and HMV, Claudia Tomlinson looks at whether there parallels between administrators on the high street and in the NHS.