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COUNCIL CUTS RED TAPE FOR BUSINESSES
The current government has taken a series of measures to cut red tape, reduce corporate burdens and improve the business environment... READ MORE›
RETHINK ON HOUSING BENEFIT CAP FOR ELDERLY AND VULNERABLE
More than 700,000 people in supported housing usually have the accommodation element of their costs met entirely through housing benefit... READ MORE›
THE TORIES ARE IGNORING THE WORSENING CRISES IN SOCIAL CARE, HEALTH AND WELFARE
Faced with the double dilemma of a growing elderly population and chronic underfunding from central government, the social care system in Britain is at breaking point... READ MORE›
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BRITAIN'S FIRST 'ENERGY POSITIVE' HOUSE OPENS IN WALES
According to Jones, the building costs of the 100 squar e metre energy positive house could drop below 100,000 if several were built at the same time... READ MORE›
TAX CHANGES COULD COST UK PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS 30% OF SALARY
Tax changes could cost UK public sector workers 30 percent of salary... READ MORE›
'THE SUPER-RICH AND THE REST OF US'
He said the government is watching the issue of wealth inequality closely... READ MORE›
EIGHT PEOPLE HAVE SAME WEALTH AS HALF THE WORLD, OXFAM REVEALS AHEAD OF DAVOS
Each year we are misled by Oxfam's wealth statistics... READ MORE›
BRITAIN'S RICHEST 10% SPENDS MORE ON WINE THAN THE POOREST 10% SPENDS ON WATER
Britain's Richest 10 percent Spends More On Wine Than The Poorest 10 percent Spends On Water... READ MORE›
ONE IN SIX JOBSEEKERS HAVE ALLOWANCE STOPPED BY DWP EACH YEAR
The figures contradict official claims that only a small minority of jobseekers have been affected by the government's increasingly severe welfare policies... READ MORE›
ETHIOPIA'S CRACKDOWN ON DISSENT TAKES RISING TOLL
Politicians held over protests as PM says anti-peace forces spreading false information about investment zone plan... READ MORE›
BENEFIT CLAIMANTS FACE POVERTY AT HANDS OF ERRATIC SANCTIONS SYSTEM
Benefit claimants are subjected to an unacceptable postcode lottery that can determine whether or not they are driven into poverty by sanctions, MPs have said... READ MORE›
UK COULD RESCUE ENERGY EFFICIENT HOMES POLICY WITH FEW KEY STEPS
'Clean growth' report steps into scrapping of green deal void and reinstates all new homes be zero carbon by 2020... READ MORE›
MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS REQUIRE FUNDING CERTAINTY TO AVERT 'CATASTROPHE'
Advocacy groups will be calling on the federal government on Wednesday to create a 10-year plan to tackle mental health illness... READ MORE›
TRYING TO BRIBE PUBLIC TO ACCEPT FRACKING WON'T WORK, SAY CAMPAIGNERS
Following hard on the heels of the Hinkley fiasco, this misguided policy to encourage fracking demonstrates again that the government has no strategic energy policy... READ MORE›
GEORGE OSBORNE'S SECRET PLAN TO BAIL OUT THE EUROZONE
Potentially far more money is at stake with Mr Juncker's investment fund... READ MORE›
GOVERNMENT TO OFFER HOMELESS FAMILIES IN DUBLIN THE CHANCE OF HOUSE IN RURAL COUNTIES
The government will offer homeless families from Dublin the chance of a house in rural counties, in a radical bid to ease the current crisis... READ MORE›
WHAT FATE AWAITS THE ONES SET FREE?
There was huge relief when 82 of the girls kidnapped by Islamist militants Boko Haram in Chibok, north-east Nigeria, in 2014 were freed on Saturday... READ MORE›
CAN A SLUM BUILT ON A WORLD HERITAGE SITE IN MEXICO CITY HAVE RIGHTS
Poor urban planning prompted thousands of Mexico City residents to build their own neighbourhood ... on the ecologically protected Aztec heritage lands of Xochimilco. Now what?... READ MORE›
CHINA'S OCTOBER FACTORY GROWTH UNEXPECTEDLY HITS FIVE-MONTH LOW
China's October factory growth unexpectedly hits five-month low official PMI... READ MORE›
GLENCORE YET TO PUT UP ALL WARNING SIGNS A YEAR AFTER ALERT
Statements from the government and Glencore have been inconsistent on the extent of the contamination problem... READ MORE›
VENEZUELA IS IN CRISIS: WHERE IS ALL THIS HEADING?
Earlier this year, the government, through the top court, tried to take away all powers of the National Assembly... READ MORE›
'FLOODGATES OPEN' TO PAY CLAIMS AFTER GARDAI OFFERED SPECIAL DEAL
'floodgates open' to pay claims after gardai offered special..... READ MORE›
THE HIGH SOCIAL COST OF DOWNSIZING THE STATE
This means finding better ways of funding local services, rather than depending on unpredictable government grants... READ MORE›
CHINA IS GROWING AT 'REASONABLE' PACE DESPITE PRESSURES
The premier in remarks published late Saturday after a special cabinet meeting said China is continuing to steadily manage its economy... READ MORE›
CHINA ADVISERS RECOMMEND 7 PERCENT GROWTH GOAL IN 2015 AS LEADERS MEET
We recommended a growth target of around seven percent, said Zhu Baoliang, chief economist at the State Information Centre, a top government think-tank... READ MORE›
CIVILIAN DEATHS IN SUSPECTED IDLIB CHEMICAL ATTACK
Syria's government officially joined the Chemical Weapons Convention and turned over its chemical arsenal in 2013, as part of a deal to avert US military action... READ MORE›
FRANCE, CHINA TO SET UP JOINT INVESTMENT FUND FOR OVERSEAS PROJECTS
Chinese nuclear company China General Nuclear Power Corporation CGN will invest 6 billion pounds 7.31 billion into the 18 billion pound EDF EDF.PA Hinkley Point project... READ MORE›
GREEN DEAL RELAUNCH MARRED BY IT PROBLEMS
The Green Deal Home Improvement Fund is now open for applications and we apologise for any inconvenience caused... READ MORE›
COMMENT: THE GOVERNMENT STILL DOESNT GET CHILDCARE
Despite the 2015 Budget's huge increase in childcare spending the government still isn't addressing the key problems with childcare... READ MORE›
'STUNNED RESIGNATION': READERS' EXPERIENCES OF THE TURKEY COUP ATTEMPT
We asked people living in Turkey how they have been affected by the military coup attempt. Here they share their experiences... READ MORE›
DON'T LET ANGRY POLITICS SMASH ALL THAT WORKS IN AMERICA
Today, we blame the government, portraying it as a bureaucratic Satan... READ MORE›
IN A TIME OF AUSTERITY, DO THE UK'S CHILDREN HAVE TO SUFFER?
Posted 31 10 2014 17 50 GMT Updated 31 10 2014 17 59 GMT Comment In 2010, in the midst of the financial crisis, a legal commitment to eliminate child poverty by 2020 was made... READ MORE›
BUT METRO NORTH WON'T BE FINISHED UNTIL 2027
The Government's big-ticket item in the capital investment plan will not be delivered for at least 12 years... READ MORE›