Is it easier to get a job if you're Adam or Mohamed? 07/02/2017 5:28 pm Urja Patel A job seeker with an English-sounding name was offered three times the number of interviews than an applicant with a Muslim name, a BBC test found.
Free nursery hours subsidising the rich, report says 07/02/2017 5:20 pm Urja Patel The free entitlement to childcare for all parents in England should be scrapped in favour of a system aimed at disadvantaged children, a report says. The Institute of Economic Affairs study says the right to 15 hours free care a week has distorted the market price. It also argues regulations have made it more costly, with many families on average earnings spending more than a third of their income on childcare.
Londoners urged to hand in firearms as gun crime soars in Harrow 07/02/2017 5:22 pm Urja Patel The Metropolitan Police has launched a #giveupyourgun campaign as part of weeklong firearm surrender.
Student loan debt up for private sale 07/02/2017 5:26 pm Urja Patel The government has started the process of selling more student loan debt to the private financial sector. It has announced that loans made to students in England between 2002 and 2006 will be put up for sale - to be followed by other pre-2012 loans - with the aim of raising £12bn.
Scrutators 07/02/2017 5:36 pm Urja Patel Budget Day in India, as it is in most democracies, never fails to give rise to public excitement. Invariably, the mood of expectation is high, its delivery in the public space results in mood swings, from high to low and high again, until it settles inevitably at a median level. In essence a national budget is an account of the nation’s finances, of revenues, expenditure, and a roadmap to the future.
