David Cameron's flagship Big Society initiative is being undermined by government cuts and poor planning, a charity boss dubbed the 'mother of volunteering' said... more
The Dispossessed Fund has raised an extraordinary sum which will help make life better and more hopeful for thousands of Londoners who live on the margins of this prosperous city... more
Britain must not 'pussyfoot around' with feckless parents and should start insisting their children come first, David Cameron’s poverty adviser said
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In an extraordinarily short time, three-and-a-half weeks, since the Standard launched its campaign for the Dispossessed to help the city’s vulnerable, Londoners have brought our fund to a remarkable £1 million... more
In radical plans being drafted by the Government’s new 'poverty czar' Frank Field, child benefit could be taxed and limited to children under 13... more
The Tory leader's apparent lack of affinity with his west London community risks his neighbours hovering over the yellow box instead of the blue... more
The Government's plans on welfare reform, to be unveiled in a White Paper later today, could end up being the only substantial legislation prior to a possible June 2009 general election... more
Moves to liberalise Britain's abortion laws are to be killed off by the Government amid fears that the issue could prove a "distraction" from Labour's fightback on the economy... more
Poverty, health, homelessness and racial tensions abound in a city awash with money. These are the people who are trying to do something about it. ... more
Revelations in the memoirs of Cherie Blair and John Prescott, added to fresh internal feuds, are eating away at the authority of the Government... more
Gwyneth Dunwoody, the longest-serving female Labour MP who has died aged 77, was hailed as a champion of the railways who was prepared to stand up to her own party to defend her beliefs... more
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