British taxpayer is massively exposed by EDF/China nuclear deal
It’s hard to escape the fact today that economically, the government appears to be taking a huge gamble with the taxpayer’s purse by signing this deal with China and EDF.
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Politicians like to climb onto the “benefits tourism” hobbyhorse from time to time. But does the evidence really show that people come to the UK for a life on benefits?
Business in the UK is suffering a crisis of public confidence and is seen by some as the “enemy”, an industry leader tells the CBI conference.
Energy company bosses tell MPs that wholesale price rises, transport costs and green taxes are behind the recent hikes passed on to consumers.
The NHS could save over £500m a year if more efforts were made to charge foreign nationals, a new report has claimed. But the BMA says the report is based on assumptions that skew the figures.
It’s hard to escape the fact today that economically, the government appears to be taking a huge gamble with the taxpayer’s purse by signing this deal with China and EDF.
The deputy prime minister says the national curriculum should be taught in every school and all teachers should be qualified. One free school founder tells Channel 4 News why he disagrees.
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby calls on the Big Six energy companies to be aware of their “social obligations” to the public and warns that the latest price rises appear “inexplicable”.
There is a collective “national shame” in ignoring the emotional needs of elderly people, according to Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt.
Just over six months on from the Cyprus bailout, what’s the situation like for people on the ground? Grim, says our newest “Austerity Kid”, 24-year old Maria Christodoulou.
As Barack Obama signs legislation to end a US government shutdown and raise the debt ceiling, he warns congress: “we’ve got to get out of the habit of governing by crisis.”
Rufus Norris has been named as the new director at the National, the biggest job in British theatre. Can he bridge the divide between mainstream performance and socially engaged, grassroots theatre?
In post-recession Britain, pensions are rising faster than earnings. But older people would be better off if RPI was still used to calculate pensions, writes Economics Producer Neil Macdonald.
Rufus Norris has been named as the new director at the National, the biggest job in British theatre. Can he bridge the divide between mainstream performance and socially engaged, grassroots theatre?
There are hopes that Democrat and Republican senators could reach an agreement later that will ease fears of a catastrophic default on America’s debt.
Downing Street defends its crackdown on “benefit tourism” despite new evidence from the European Commission that it is “neither widespread nor systematic” in the UK. Is it merely a myth?