by Sam | 26 Nov 2014 | Children and Families, Economy
Sometimes even the best ideas get ignored. This week, the Government responded to a major new report published by the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission. The report found that absolute child poverty increased by 300,000 between 2010-11 and 2012-13 and a rise...
by Sam | 24 Nov 2014 | Economy
A new report from research group Markit has claimed UK businesses are more confident than overseas rivals from other major economies, despite the potential for future global economic turmoil. The research group has announced that its barometer of business sentiment...
by Sam | 24 Nov 2014 | Children and Families, Economy
A new report from the Joseph Roundtree Foundation has concluded that young people and those in work are more likely to be in poverty than pensioners – with as many people from working families suffering poverty as the unemployed. The stark conclusion has been made in...
by Sam | 24 Nov 2014 | Health
NHS staff are today staging a four hour walk out in protest at a government decision not to award health service workers a recommended one per cent pay rise. More than 400,000 members of staff from 11 trade unions will participate in the industrial action, which is...
by Sam | 21 Nov 2014 | Health
Obesity is responsible for an annual loss equivalent to three per cent of GDP and is second only to smoking as a cost to the economy, according to a new report from McKinsey & Company. The report suggests that obesity could cost the UK economy up to £47 billion a...
