Concerns have been raised over the amount of salt and sugar in breakfast cereals sold in the UK. A new survey finds that a large bowl of Kellogg's Frosties can contain nine teaspoons of sugar with a whopping 37g in every 100g. That's over half (58 per cent) the recommended maximum intake for ...
With prisons close to capacity, there are concerns that the jail system in the UK is at breaking point. There is also huge concern about the increase in drug use in the penal system, especially “legal highs.” The use of drones to drop off drugs in prisons is a new ...
By Matt O’Connor, Founder, Fathers4Justice While the debate around the fatherless society is normally framed by emotional and legal arguments, few have considered the seismic impact this has on our economy. The devastating cancer of family breakdown and fatherlessness isn’t just laying waste to families, it also comes at a punitive ...
This isn’t sour grapes, if I inherited £9bn I would be dead within the hour, I couldn’t be trusted with that amount of money, to be honest I am not sure who can. Well one young man, 25-year-old Hugh Grosvenor, has just been handed his late father’s (the Duke of ...
By Bill E. Lytton We are entering a period of unprecedented, but entirely predictable, political and economic volatility. The next major test for politicians and campaigners in post-Brexit Britain is how to handle promises they made repeatedly throughout the referendum. Already, Boris Johnson and Michael Gove - as seen in their ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Shocking news has emerged that two women who were leaving HMP Bronzefield were handed tents and other had been handed sleeping bags, due to a lack of housing. The prison, in West London, decided that the best they could do is hand the women sleeping ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor With less then a fortnight until the budget, the Chancellor is worried about a severe backlash from richer voters over his pension proposals. In response Osborne has had to ditch his package of pension reforms, including tax relief for high earners, due to concern that ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor The NHS is trying to tackle the obesity crisis in its own restaurants and vending machines. There are plans to create a sugar tax in hospitals to address the issue of the "national sugar high," which is ruining the nation's health. English hospitals will charge ...
By Professor Christopher H. Bovis, Professor of International and European Business Law, University of Hull Inevitably, the question of UK membership of the European Union will be centred on two issues: The need for reform of EU institutions and the way the EU is governed The ability of the UK to ...