The recession is to blame for more than 1,000 suicides, claim researchers. They estimate that 846 more men and 155 extra women took their own lives between 2008 and 2010 than would have been expected if previous trends had continued. … Continue reading
Cases of suicide have rocketed since Britain plunged into recession, alarming new figures reveal. Coroners courts concluded that 3,471 people had taken their own lives last year, a rise of 15 per cent compared to 2007. However, right across the … Continue reading
76 years on from George Orwell’s account of grinding poverty, a writer retraces that epic journey and finds a broken land all too familiar to Orwell… George Orwell opened the eyes of the world to the suffering of millions in … Continue reading
UK GDP shrank 0.2% in the first three months of 2012, sending Britain into its first double-dip since the 1970s Continue reading