Impossibly high rent and debt is the reality for millions of young Britons, sucking away our youth

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The rich will not bear their fair share. Instead, yet another annual £10bn will be hacked off the benefits for the poor

The autumn statement falls on an inauspicious day – Cameron's halfway mark – and is likely to unleash yet more chaos

Roy Greenslade likes life in the 'digital pub' where everyone can be a journalist of sorts

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As I traveled back from Berwick-upon-Tweed to Edinburgh this evening, Monday 3rd December, after visiting my parents for the weekend […]

Welfare claimants could be forced to work without pay and be stripped of benefits under scheme starting on Monday
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