Labour comes to Cameron's rescue as gay marriage wrecking amendment is defeated
Ed Miliband advised Labour MPs to vote against the amendment, rather than abstain, after Tory whips warned they could be defeated. Read more ...
Ed Miliband advised Labour MPs to vote against the amendment, rather than abstain, after Tory whips warned they could be defeated. Read more ...
Paying for social care: Beyond Dilnot discusses the history of social care reform and considers the present and future funding pressures on the system. Read more ...
Vous l'avez certainement vue via Twitter ou Facebook. Le clip réalisé pour la marque de cosmétiques Dove décrit une expérience réalisée avec un artiste sur la façon dont les femmes se voient, comparée au regard des autres. Le résultat est que les [...] Read more ...
In the fourth evidence session of the Committee’s inquiry into Regulation of the press, Members will have the opportunity to question representatives of the local and regional press about their views on the recommendations made by L J Leveson, as well as [...] Read more ...
The Care Bill is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reform the social care system. Currently there is a morass of legislation, confusing to those who work in the system and almost impenetrable to those in need of care, or their carers. It is leaving behind those who fund themselves to work it out as they go [...] Read more ...
Children may be at risk if training for social work students is reduced to five-weeks of education and a year of hands-on experience. Read more ...
Ernest Hemingway once described Paris in spring as a time when “there were no problems except where to be happiest.” Clearly Hemingway did not foresee the springtime of 2013. Read more ...
Chief executive of world's largest security company steps down ahead of company's AGM, to be replaced by chief financial officer [...] Read more ...
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A scheme to help the unemployed find work appears to be failing the most disadvantaged jobseekers, MPs on the Work and Pensions Committee say. Read more ...
The European Parliament is to meet to debate ways to tackle tax evasion, as the EU aims to stem the huge flow of funds lost to member states. Read more ...
Federation of Small Businesses report found members were losing on average £4,000 each from cyber crime. Read more ...
Nick Buckles, the embattled chief executive of G4S who presided over the company's failure to provide enough security guards for the London 2012 Olympic Games, has resigned. Read more ...
The global custody bank is the second dominant industry player to exit the business in a week, following Credit Suisse’s shuttering of its US business. Read more ...
There are very few pro-EU industrialists left in Britain. That is the only inference we can fairly draw from the letter in today’s Independent, signed by some hoary-headed Euro-grandees hilariously described by that newspaper as ‘eminent businessmen’ In fact, many of the signatories are career civil servants and Brussels officials who happen, [...] Read more ...
Andrew Haldenby is Director of the independent think tank Reform. Its new research “Must do better” is available at www.reform.co.uk. Follow Reform on Twitter. A couple of days ago, Michael Gove took a teaching union to task for its opposition [...] Read more ...
I'm seeing the problem now; I know people who are struggling; I'm seeing what happens when there isn't enough money and there isn't enough health. I'm seeing the despair... People have ended their lives. People are going without food and medicine. People are becoming homeless.And this is because of the changes this government is making. Read more ...
London needs to be more open. Read more ...
A strategy is crucial in combating digital exclusion, but what should be included and how can you make it work? James Sweetman shares his advice [...] Read more ...
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Marks & Spencer is latest UK firm named as using Irish operation to reduce its UK tax bill [...] Read more ...
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La empresa que estos días acapara titulares en el mundillo de las startups y de la emprendeduría digital en Sillicon Valley es Tumblr como ya lo fuera [...] Read more ...
Growing chorus of voices pushing Reform movement to apply it acceptance of intermarried couples in its congregations to its rabbinic students. Read more ...
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Downing Street has said amendment to gay marriage bill could cost £4bn, but Labour and others have questioned figure [...] Read more ...
Aditya Chakrabortty: The wealthy in America and Britain no longer resemble the prewar elite, but appearances cannot mask how cut off they are from the rest of us [...] Read more ...
Moves to legalise gay marriage cleared a crucial parliamentary hurdle as it emerged that civil partnerships could be abolished as the price for getting David Cameron’s plans on to the statute book. Read more ...
COUNCILS in Yorkshire say they are coming under huge pressure amid soaring requests for help and advice following major changes to benefits last month. Read more ...
Once you scratch the surface, 'pension liberation' schemes are nearly always horribly toxic, leaving victims with a series of unexpected charges and a much-reduced income in retirement. Read more ...
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