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May 14, 2020

States spend record sums on nuclear weapons as pandemic spreads

As the economies of the US, China, France, and Russia all contract, their nuclear spending is expanding.
October 18, 2019

World stumbling into a digital welfare dystopia, warns UN human rights expert

Digital welfare states risk becoming Trojan Horses for hostility towards social protection and regulation, said the UN Special Rapporteur Philip Alston.
August 13, 2019

Fix productivity crisis 'by giving workers more paid holiday and higher wages'

The New Economics Foundation says higher pay, increased public spending, and more generous social security will increase demand in the economy and raise productivity.
June 21, 2019

National Audit Office report on the effectiveness of government spending on overseas aid

The National Audit Office says widening Official Development Assistance expenditure to other departments has increased risks to its effectiveness.
May 29, 2019

Court documents reveal multimillion pound 'suspicious spending spree'

Newly released court documents for the UK’s first Unexplained Wealth Orders reveal how the family of a senior public official from Azerbaijan went on a multi-million pound spending spree in the UK before being caught and questioned by the National Crime Agency.
April 20, 2019

Sutton Trust finds two-thirds of school heads have cut teachers to save money

Over two-thirds of secondary school heads have had to cut teaching staff to save money, according to new polling published by the Sutton Trust.
October 11, 2018

Improving children and young people’s mental health services

The National Audit Office has published a report on mental heath services for children and young people.
July 27, 2018

Electoral Commission fines small parties and referendum participant

Christian People's Alliance, Compass, Global Britain and Best for Britain have been fined by the Electoral Commission
July 13, 2018

School funding per pupil has fallen since 2010, says IFS

Since 2010, school funding per pupil has fallen eight per cent in England and five per cent in Wales.
March 18, 2018

Select Committees call for a new Clean Air Act

Unprecedented inquiry by four Select Committees says air pollution is a national health emergency and calls for tough new measures to tackle it.