All in it together?
Britain’s ageing population means fewer working people to pay for an ever-larger welfare bill. So is intergenerational friction inevitable?
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How can crime figures continue to tumble even as the economy flatlines and police numbers fall? FactCheck finds out.
A pioneering unit in the West Midlands that has been the only bright spot in Britain’s woeful record on stillbirths has seen its workload scaled back as a result of NHS reconfiguration.
Britain’s ageing population means fewer working people to pay for an ever-larger welfare bill. So is intergenerational friction inevitable?
Portuguese medical student Francisco Ribeiro Mourao tells Channel 4 News’s Austerity Kids project that cuts to his country’s health system are hurting patients – and threatening future care.
Unemployment down, job vacancies up: good news for some, especially the food industry which is now Britain’s biggest private sector employer. So why is it so hard to get businesses off the ground?
As the government shelves plans for a minimum unit price for alcohol amid claims of lobbying, a Tory MP says that she fears “public health has been downgraded.”
Italy’s Prime Minister Enrico Letta says he will be asking European countries to “help” the UK in order to keep Britain in the EU – and calls for structural reform to make Europe more “pro-growth”.
A review of Britain’s nuclear deterrent, led by the Liberal Democrats, rejects alternatives to the submarine-based Trident system as too costly.
Is the benefits cap being rolled out nationally just before the proverbial guano hits the ventilation in the pilots?
School dinners are much better for pupils than packed lunches, which should be banned by headmasters – the message of a new government-commissioned report.
NHS bosses warn the system’s future depends on radical changes. So they are asking us what we think. But will they listen to our answers?
Britons dramatically overestimate the amount of teenage pregnancy, crime and benefit fraud in the UK. A new report by Ipsos Mori checks the perceptions against the truth.
Andy Murray’s Wimbledon win has thrown down the gauntlet to the Lawn Tennis Association – how will it harness this success to ensure more British tennis champions?
There’s a new front in the battle over abortion rights – Ohio – where sweeping restrictions have just come into force. And Texas takes up the debate again on a bill banning abortion after 20 weeks.
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen is stripped of her European parliament immunity and could now face charges over comments she made comparing Muslim street prayers to an occupation of France.