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Education Secretary Michael Gove loses High Court battle
18th May 2012Education Secretary Michael Gove has lost a High Court battle with Essex County Council over government cuts to nursery funding.
Children held at Heathrow Airport in ‘degrading’ conditions
14th May 2012Children are being held in "degrading and disgraceful" conditions at Heathrow Airport by the UK Border Agency (UKBA), a report has said.
Conservatives fail to deliver on funds to rebuild schools
6th May 2012The Tories scrapped Labour's plans for capital spending on schools and proposed private investment for rebuilding. But, two years on, schools needing repairs are still waiting to hear.
UK economy in double-dip recession
25th April 2012The UK economy has returned to recession, after shrinking by 0.2% in the first three months of 2012.
UK unemployment falls by 35,000 to 2.65m, ONS reports
17th April 2012UK unemployment has registered its first fall since last spring, according to official figures.
Hull secondary school sees pupils with reading age of five
29th March 2012Almost one in 10 pupils are starting a Hull secondary school each year with the reading age of a five-year-old, a head teacher has said.
US Supreme Court hears challenge to Obama healthcare law
26th March 2012The US Supreme Court has finished the first day of a landmark hearing on the constitutionality of President Barack Obama's signature healthcare reform.
Doctors to challenge coalition MPs
19th March 2012A group of doctors has threatened to put up candidates to oppose coalition MPs at the next election in protest at proposed changes to the NHS in England.
Ministers launch consultation on staff dismissal rules
16th March 2012Ministers say they have not decided whether to introduce plans to make it easier for small firms to sack staff.
Poorest mothers will lose benefits, claims charity
14th March 2012Single mothers could lose thousands of pounds under planned changes to the benefits system, a charity claims.
IFS shows families are bearing the heaviest load for Chancellor’s austerity drive
11th March 2012Households with children to lose most from tax and benefit changes in coming year.
Professor the Baroness (Ruth) Lister of Burtersett is appointed Patron of Just Fair
6th March 2012Just Fair are extremely pleased to announce that Professor the Baroness (Ruth) Lister of Burtersett has been appointed as a Patron of Just Fair.
Ministers defeated three times in Lords over legal aid bill
6th March 2012The government has suffered three defeats in the Lords over proposed changes to the legal aid system.
Rights of disabled people may be at risk, says Human Rights Committee
1st March 2012The Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) today publishes its Report on the implementation of the right of disabled people to independent living in the context of the UN Convention on the Rights of...
The illegal immigrants desperate to escape squalor of Britain
28th February 2012The BBC has spoken to illegal immigrants who find themselves living amongst rats and rubbish in makeshift garden sheds and garages. They want to be deported back to India, but many are trapped in a...
Burger King leaves work experience scheme for jobless
26th February 2012Fast-food chain Burger King has become the latest firm to pull out of the government's controversial work experience scheme for jobless people.
‘Pay-per-Neet’ scheme aims to help teenagers find work
21st February 2012Firms and charities are to be invited to bid for a payment-by-results scheme to try to get "Neet" teenagers into work or training, in a project launched by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg.
David Cameron won’t rule out women in boardrooms quotas
10th February 2012David Cameron has said he will not "rule out quotas" as a way of getting more women into top executive jobs.
Welfare changes are fair, says Cameron
1st February 2012Prime Minister David Cameron has said welfare changes are "right and fair" and challenged Labour to support the government's benefit cap plan.
Benefit cap defeat will be reversed, say ministers
24th January 2012Ministers will seek to overturn a Lords defeat for controversial plans to cap benefits for households at £26,000, when the bill returns to the Commons.