The estimate from the Office for National Statistics puts the real level of the national debt at £4trillion – double the amount calculated by independent analysts.
Parents back smacking…in anti-smack charity poll
Thursday, July 8th, 2010The majority of adults believe slapping a child does little harm, according to a study by a children’s charity.
Revealed: £29,200 a year to keep a family
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010The annual income required to provide an adequate standard of living for a couple with two children has been declared to be £29,200 – and that’s a 6% rise on the previous year.
The council snoopers sizing up your garden for a ‘tax database’
Thursday, May 6th, 2010Details of every garden in England have been put on a database by government officials. The aim is to use the information to justify increased council tax bills.
Couples ‘up to £200 a MONTH worse off than single mothers’
Thursday, April 29th, 2010In all, 19 out of 20 couples with children are worse off together than they would be living apart, the report said.
Why children thrive with married parents
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010A respected think-tank said the most important factor in a child’s development was their parents’ background, including ethnicity, education, social status, wealth and relationship history.
The £5m single mother: Taxpayers face extraordinary benefits bill to support a single broken family
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010The scale of spending on benefits, care and attempts to help a mother and her children would swallow a big lottery win, according to the figures drawn up by local authority chiefs.
So much for ‘man-flu’… Women are the real hypochondriacs
Friday, March 26th, 2010Women complain more about their health – and without justification, according to figures recorded by Office for National Statistics researchers.
