One of Pod Academy’s interns writes:  Last year, the Home Office issued a major clampdown on family migration into the UK. They did this by introducing a £18,600 income threshold, beneath which spouses of UK citizens are unable to become…

In a week that saw deeply worrying revelations about the way big data from internet companies is being mined by US and British intelligence agencies, Index on Censorship held a meeting to ask, how free are we on the web?

Over  the next three years, less well-off families will be hit harder financially than those with higher incomes.  A new report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) suggests that while better-off families in work suffered disproportionately in the years following the…

David Simon, the creator of HBO’s TV drama, The Wire, about drug-ravaged estates in Baltimore, has called for drugs to be decriminalised.  In a debate organised by The Observer, the writer and producer of the award winning TV series said…

Three million businesses in the UK are family owned. They account for two thirds of all private sector firms. Think JCB, Clarks, Warburtons, Dyson, Swire, Virgin, Yorkshire Tea, McAlpine, Reed, Ginsters and Speedo. Many of us will recognise these big…

Lee Millan writes: This week, 13th-19th May, is Mental Health Awareness Week. Most of us will know one family member affected by mental illness. It’s one of the most common but less spoken of difficulties. Statistically, with one in four…

The average UK fee for a first degree in UK universities is now £8500 (up from the £3000 introduced in 2006).  Does it represent good value for money?  Are our students well served? These are the question explored by a…