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Households see weakest growth in net worth for decade
The Office for National Statistics said slowing property price growth had hit households hard.
Teacher training targets for England missed
School leaders have raised concerns about shortages in subjects such as maths and science.
C4 rumoured to have commissioned ice sculpture of Johnson to melt during climate change debate
The Prime Minister shunned the hour-long Emergency On Planet Earth debate due to air at 7pm tonight.
MP Stella Creasy celebrates a little ‘Labour gain’
The Walthamstow MP said she was ‘overwhelmed’ by the birth of her first child.
Boris Johnson running scared of tonight’s TV election debate on climate change
#ChickenBoris trends on Twitter as Boris Johnson chickens out of Andrew Neil interview and his own constituency hustings too.
NHS lags behind other wealthy countries and ‘quality seems to be slipping’
The NHS performs badly in key areas such as stroke, heart attack and cancer survival compared to nine other high income nations
More than a third of world’s plant species ‘are exceedingly rare and vulnerable to climate change’
Researchers spent a decade compiling the largest plant biodiversity dataset ever created
Trust in politicians has fallen to an all time low in the UK
Labour party supporters have significantly more faith in politicians than Conservative voters. Labour supporters also trust public servants more.
Otter spotted for first time in landlocked Birmingham city centre
The otter was sighted along a stretch of canal near to the busy Mailbox shopping centre and entertainment complex