Martin Hickman
Following stints with Reuters and the Press Association, Martin Hickman joined The Independent as a news editor in 2001. He became the Consumer Affairs Correspondent in September 2005 and has run the paper's trenchant campaigns on packaging, bank charges and factory-farmed chicken. He writes on subjects as diverse as food, finance, energy and fashion. With Tom Watson, he is author of a new book on the phone hacking scandal, Dial M for Murdoch - News Corporation and the Corruption of Britain.
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The kids are all right: survey finds that most children are happy
05 April 2013 12:28 AM
More than half of those surveyed were 'completely happy' with their friends
Street disorder drops after Ipswich bans super-strength alcohol
04 April 2013 08:56 PM
Police say campaign stopping sale of strong cider and beer is improving safety
Cheaper fish being passed off as cod and haddock
02 April 2013 09:13 PM
Consumers are being routinely cheated when they buy cod and haddock, a study has found.
The secret to turning your children into savers? Don't give them pocket money
02 April 2013 08:01 PM
New research suggests that parental generosity is not the best way to make youngsters financially responsible
Grand National jockey Katie Walsh defends race as concerns over horse deaths mount
02 April 2013 12:01 AM
The horses that take part in the Grand National are treated “better than some children” despite the equine death toll, a leading jockey has claimed ahead of this weekend’s race.
Beautiful South wipes out Wales, Scotland and North in countryside poll of rural districts with highest living standards
29 March 2013 12:00 AM
Godalming sparked interest in sedate south-west Surrey in 1881 when its townsfolk became the first in the world to benefit from a public supply of electricity.
New Cumnock named Scotland's 'most dismal town' with Carbuncle award
28 March 2013 06:08 PM
Urban Realm magazine cites 'haemorrhaging of shops' and 'a general absence of maintenance on derelict properties' for gong
Exclusive: Michael Heseltine fears British people are 'too rich to push' for economic recovery
25 March 2013 12:00 AM
Lord Heseltine believes Britain lacks drive but senior government adviser points to rising employment and house prices as signs the economy was recovering
Michael Heseltine: the great survivor who's still lording it over the political jungle in his ninth decade
25 March 2013 12:00 AM
Martin Hickman finds that the politician still has plenty to say about the economy – and Rupert Murdoch
Q. When is a blog not a blog? A. When it falls under the post-Leveson regime
19 March 2013 05:12 PM
Then it's a news business subject to the new independent regulator
- 1 'Sickening, deluded and unforgivable': Bloody attack brings terror to capital’s streets
- 2 Mothers' diets may harm IQs in two-thirds of babies
- 3 Far-right French historian, 78-year-old Dominique Venner, commits suicide in Notre Dame in protest against gay marriage
- 4 Eyewitness gives extraordinary account of her confrontation with Woolwich attackers
- 5 Woolwich attack: The EDL might have a sinister plan as a soldier is murdered in suspected Islamic terrorist attack
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