The Conservative candidate for London mayor – Zac Goldsmith – is in hot water for “patronising” the British Indian community with targeted campaign.
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Low-income families will actually end up worse off, if Osborne’s cuts to welfare continue.
Sex education in American classrooms tends to focus on physical acts, disease and pregnancy. It provides little support to teenage boys for their need for emotional intimacy.
New research shows that the government’s welfare proposal is out of step with reality.
Routine interrogations between police officers and students have escalated into physical conflicts. Why do such escalations occur?
We know that older people are more likely to vote conservative: but is this because of their age, or their generation?
The Conservatives could govern for a long time, but it won’t be an easy ride.
As British prime minister from 1970 to 1974, Heath took the UK into Europe.
Landlords will be able to evict illegal immigrants without a court order, under new proposals.
After months of speculation, we now know how the Chancellor plans to save £12bn from the welfare budget.
With 17% of children living in poverty in the UK, the government wants to change the way it’s defined.
Without compassion for others and the courage to do something about it, our community is more likely to be mean-spirited and miserable than happy and generous.
For 50 years, country music executives in Nashville have tried to dilute the genre’s rich, diverse history.
The threat of a strike can cause trepidation among the public - but where would we be without them?
Labour, UKIP and the Greens all gained much bigger swings than the Conservatives, but were election losers. The first-past-the-post system let the Tories pick up a swag of seats with a 0.8% swing.
There were shock results all round, with some big names falling.
Academics are on the frontline, battling the Home Office over new visa regulations.
A minority Labour administration might govern the UK despite finishing runner-up in both England and Scotland.
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