Benefit reforms could push full-time carers into debt and food poverty
Full-time carers, who take a huge spending burden off government, are facing a £1bn cut in support over the next four years.
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Addicts in Bucharest shoot up as many as 30 times a day. Paraic O’Brien went to meet the death metal drummer who is trying to stem Romania’s drugs and HIV epidemic.
The Tories have swept to power with an unexpected majority and the resignation of their three rival leaders. With such a mandate, what might the second term look like? Channel 4 News asked experts.
The prime minister’s insistence that Britain is a “Christian country” will alienate a large section of the population, it is warned.
Writing in the Church Times, David Cameron insists we should be ‘evangelical about Christianity’ and ‘pull together to change the world’. Will voters heed his message?
Do criticisms of the government’s welfare reforms by Archbishop Vincent Nichols, the country’s highest-ranking Catholic, represent a shift in the church’s position?
Full-time carers, who take a huge spending burden off government, are facing a £1bn cut in support over the next four years.
It’s a long time since we’ve heard the prime minister appeal for sunshine to win the day. After the Ukip councillor David Silvester’s ill-advised attempt to link the weather and politics, I’m loathe to blame the floods on anyone. But perhaps it would do everyone a power of good if David Cameron let the sun…
At least four people have died, thousands of homes are without power, and the transport network is in chaos, as storms batter the UK.
Taking photos of yourself and posting them online is so widespread, that “selfie” is the word of 2013. But what does it say about us – and will the word stand the test of time?
Labour say an education minister has given false information to parliament in an effort to defend free schools. It’s a serious accusation. Can FactCheck cut through the bluster?
It was quite some shock to hear a political leader announce a “freeze” in energy prices. But is it really a return to old-school socialism?
David Cameron says the use of food banks rose tenfold under Labour. What’s the FactCheck verdict?
As Chancellor George Osborne delivers his autumn statement on the economy and spending, we gather some alternative suggestions on to how to tackle the country’s fiscal woes.
On Wednesday 15 men and four women meet to decide who will succeed Rowan Williams. The frontrunners include a Sun columnist, an economist, and chair of the Hillsborough independent panel.
The Queen should no longer be expected to award honours to civil servants and business people for simply “doing the day job”, according to a parliamentary committee.