November 2018

‘When public assets are gone, they’re gone – in the case of the student loans, for too little return’ Via: Student loans sale by government failed to get good deal for taxpayers, MPs say

Demand comes as new work and pensions secretary Amber Rudd acknowledges problems with welfare reform Via: Universal credit: Urgent report calls on ministers to push back any votes over 'major areas of concern'

New sentencing code proposed to provide clarity on 1,300 pages of overlapping laws Via: Judges have been handing criminals unlawful sentences 'leading to significant injustice', report finds

Swapping gas boilers for mix of electric and hydrogen may also be cheapest way, says reportMillions of gas boilers will need to be replaced with hydrogen alternatives and coupled with electric heating devices if Britain is to hit its carbon targets at the lowest cost, according to the government’s climate Read more

Earl Forlales awarded £50,000 for trying to address chronic housing shortage in the PhilippinesThe creator of a house made of bamboo that can be put together in four hours to solve the chronic shortage of affordable accommodation in the Philippines has won a £50,000 top prize to develop cities for Read more

Investment Association publishes new rules pushing large companies to clamp down on executive payThe UK’s fund management industry body has written to every FTSE 350 company warning that investors will vote down bosses’ pay packages if listed firms do not follow new, tougher guidelines.The Investment Association (IA), which represents fund Read more

Charity says figure for England, Scotland and Wales is likely to be underestimateAt least 320,000 people are homeless in Britain, according to research by the housing charity Shelter.This amounts to a year-on-year increase of 13,000, a 4% rise, despite government pledges to tackle the crisis. The estimate suggests that nationally Read more