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Owen Jones was reviewing the papers on Sky News  last night. So was Julia Hartley-Brewer (who began her journalistic career on the East London Advertiser before moving to the Evening Standard and the Express). Owen had already tweeted his amazement ...

We have a fantastic National Health Service which helps ill people get better. It is underfunded. We also have a Public Health Service, run by Councils, which helps people not get ill in the first place. That is also underfunded ...

Hackney South MP Meg Hillier has accused the Government of taking too little responsibility for ensuring that schools have enough trained teachers. Ms Hillier was speaking as Chair of the Public Accounts Committee, which has released a report identifying that ...

Uncertainty over the UK’s economic future is suspected to be the reason for a recent drop in house prices in London and the South-East, claim surveyors – who predict that prices are likely to start falling in the South-West and ...

Hillary Clinton has formally acknowledged that she now has enough delegates in place to be chosen as the Democratic Party’s candidate for US President. Winning the vote isn’t always a guarantee of going on to be the official candidate, but ...

Muhammad Ali was a man of principle – and an example to others of how standing by your principle will eventually be rewarded. He was probably only the second most famous, and most courageous, black man on the planet – ...

The City of London Corporation has announced that it will be closing Tower Bridge to traffic so that repairs can be carried out. The closure will begin in October and is expected to last until the end of the year. ...

NHS England has announced that it is to invest £2 million to reduce inequalities at work. Part of the money will pay for 75 “champions” to help NHS Trusts tackle racism. The news comes as a new report from the ...

Yet another case of police behaviour which has always aroused public suspicion may be about to come under scrutiny. Coroner Louise Hunt has ruled that inquests into the deaths of 21 people killed in what have come to be known ...

A new report has revealed that up to three quarters of children who have diabetes are not getting all their regular health checks – and are therefore at risk of developing complications sooner than necessary. Nearly three quarters of children ...