Calls to clarify Lord Ashcroft’s position after revelation that he provided flights for William Hague’s visit to Havana last year, and then accompanied him to top-level meetingsIt was a scene that Graham Greene would surely have enjoyed: our men in Havana, a billionaire peer and a top Tory politician, sipping drinks on a 150ft yacht [...]
The damning report on income inequality by Professor Hills (Unequal Britain: richest 10% are now 100 times better off than the poorest, 27 January), makes extremely uncomfortable reading for anyone who wants a more equal society.The results are sobering. One measure indicates that by 2008, Britain had reached the highest level of income inequality since [...]
• Waistband altitude a metaphor for life, declares Debenhams• Low-slung teen fad switches to armpit huggers by fifth decadeMiddle age, it oft is said, is when your age starts to show around your middle. And for men, it seems, the moment is marked by the inexorable rise in the position of their trouser waistband.A survey [...]
Report blames ‘Islamophobic, negative and unwarranted portrayals of Muslim London’ for increase in attacks in the capitalA rise in the number of hate crimes against Muslims in London is being encouraged by mainstream politicians and sections of the media, a study written by a former Scotland Yard counter-terrorism officer, published yesterday, says.Attacks ranging from death [...]
Biology exam for new curriculum bore no relevance to specimen papers, pupils sayThousands of teenagers have launched an online protest about a biology A-level exam paper they say was unfair.More than 3,000 students have sent furious messages to a Facebook group about the exam sat on Monday.The exam board which devised the paper, AQA, said [...]
Thousands of A-level pupils have launched a campaign on Facebook against an exam paper which they claim was unfair.
The number of children living in poverty in Scotland remains at an “unacceptably” high level, a leading charity says.
Home Secretary says threat has increased but there is no evidence to suggest an attack is imminentThe threat of international terrorism to the UK was raised from substantial to the second highest level of severe last night, meaning an attack is “highly likely”.Alan Johnson, the home secretary, said there was no intelligence to suggest an [...]
Rate compares with fifth of white young without job but it is society’s unfairness, not racial bias, which is being blamedThe recession has left almost one in two young black people without a job, appearing to contradict claims by the government that it would shield the most vulnerable from the effects of the downturn.The left-leaning [...]
• Threat raised from ’substantial’ to ’severe’• Home secretary says no attack is imminent The threat of international terrorism to the UK was raised from substantial to the second highest level of severe last night, meaning an attack is “highly likely”.Alan Johnson, the home secretary, said there was no intelligence to suggest an attack was [...]