In the United States, experimental estimates of the impact of youth training funded under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) resulted in large cuts in the programme. The experiment found statistically significant negative impacts on the earnings...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to give the go-ahead for some 3,000 new homes in the occupied territories may be part of long-held plans to cut off East Jerusalem from the rest of the Palestinian territories, killing off hopes of a sepa...

The New York mayor, Michael Bloomberg, has made a big show of making the city more like London by creating wide lanes for cycles only, and adopting a "Boris bikes" scheme. But there are some things that can't be exported. Britain is a cycling nation....

A century has passed since she, and many others, fought so valiantly for women's rights. In this time we have put men on the Moon, invented wonder drugs to cure disease, and probed the depths of the ocean. Yet we still cannot guarantee the safety of ...

Lots of people think they know what I think about Middle Eastern politics, because they know I am Jewish and they assume that Jews must have a particular viewpoint. This is both wrong and rude. Wrong because, like most people, my views are changeable...

To many people, the Turner Prize is beyond parody – an incomprehensible homage to pickled sharks and unmade beds. There was, however, more obvious skill and depth to this year's offerings. Ms Price's 20-minute piece, centred on a fatal fire in a b...

No wonder the Seattle-based firm has had conniptions over the accusation by the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee that its tax planning – along with that of other multinationals such as Amazon and Google – is “immoral”. When your brand is me...

This guide, which I devised in conjunction with a sensible person who does not associate the use of central heating with any kind of moral or physical defectiveness, offers this advice: * If your partner recommends you “do some star jumps” and then “...

Nevertheless, as we erupt into a paroxysm of national ecstasy over the forthcoming appearance of yet another addition to the civil list, it is worth reflecting how, well, feudal all this feels. You don’t have to watch much Simon Schama (still less Da...

About 20 years ago, Norquist embarked on a quest to get every Republicans to pledge to never - never ever - raise taxes. Conservatives already believed government wasn't the solution to America's problems. It was the problem. But Norquist's organizat...

David Cameron secured an agreement at the Commonwealth Conference in Australia last October that all the countries who recognise the Queen as head of state will alter their constitutions simultaneously, a process now being co-ordinated by the New Zea...

William Hill are hustling for bets on the child's hair colour (6/4 brown, 8/1 ginger if you're interested)Paddy Power offer punters the chance to gamble on the weight of the baby, with 5/2 the shortest odds for 7lbs to 7lbs 15oz.And prices of 33/1 ha...

Here's a morphed image of the two.What a beautiful child.

Here's a flavour: "There was speculation that the Duchess, who showed herself to be at ease with youngsters on official engagements, was broody. Even the food they had shipped to their honeymoon island in the Seychelles - apparently Brussels sprouts ...

What utterly wonderful news. You must be thrilled! Naturally the whole nation is chuffed for you. The letters of congratulation will come flooding in, the emails, tweets, royal Facebook messages with special elbow length white gloves, and so on. And ...

When questioned by Owen Jones on the Government’s welfare reforms for disabled people, he responded by blurting out:“I didn’t hear you screaming about 2.5 million people who were parked; nobody saw them for over ten years, not working, with no hope, ...

The Pope joins the Dalai Lama (5.6 million followers) to beef up Twitter's regiment of religious leaders who engage with believers on the site.What do you make of the Vatican's decision: is it a wise move for the 85-year-old Pope to jump on board? Ha...

No one pays anymore tax than they have to - on your tax return each year, there's no box asking you “would you like to give us any more than you absolutely have to?” If you're a business, you try and minimise cost wherever possible, and you won't pay...

One sector that has been hard hit is insurance. Because flooding is becoming more frequent due to climate change, some areas are becoming uninsurable. Some 200,000 properties could soon see withdrawal of flood insurance and talks between government a...

There is a common assumption that such a thing as a stereotypically “Jewish” face exists. My intention was to discuss the origins of this idea, question why stereotypically “Jewish” looks have historically been deemed unattractive, and outline the im...

One of the great things about golf is its rules and regulations, and the requirement on its competitors to follow a strict code. But one of the worst things is the way these strictures breed an officious attitude in those who consider themselves resp...

Helvetica is the cool kid, loved by many, designed in Switzerland in 1957 and still going strong. Comic Sans is a bit of a joke. Created in the mid-1990s by a typographer working at Microsoft, its friendly, rounded letters have made it the font of ch...

With basic living costs increasing, we know many families are having to make difficult choices; a freeze on benefits and tax credits will make these choices even harder. Far too many families on low incomes live well below the poverty line. We know t...

Another David Cameron argues against one of the report’s fundamental recommendations – statutory safeguards underpinning a new independent regulatory body – certainly controversial, but manifestly not “bonkers”. The third David Cameron still maintain...

At the time the photo was taken, ABC News reported:"I just sat in there for a moment and pondered the courage and tenacity that is part of our very recent history but is also part of that long line of folks who sometimes are nameless, oftentimes didn...

After all, most of us are skint, and many of us are drinking to forget our sales figures. Add the sheer exhaustion of having to pretend that you’re still doing as well as ever, and it’s a miracle that any books are written at all. But we still have C...

The boy was attacked as he as he swam with a group of people in a quiet lagoon in Port Bradshaw in East Arnhem Land.Other members of the group tried to spear the animal but the crocodile swam away with the boy.Police Superintendent Michael White said...

The British boy bands have both found success in America, but fail to play nice with each other.Max George-Wanted and Zayn Malik-Direction have had public Twitter spats in the past:A source has apparently revealed that “Both of the bands management t...

Chicago TV News Anchors were left red-faced when they reported on a plane crash that was "supposedly right in the middle of the road".The news helicopter showed the devastating footage to viewers, only to be revealed moments later that it was all par...

In my left hand, the debit card, poised and waiting so as to not disrupt the hushed speed and order of it all. In my right, a battered, stained laptop case.Flat white upon me, it’s out the door, fast. It’s nearly always to go. I can’t possibly sit do...

The Institute for Fiscal Studies reckons a minimum pricing of 45p a unit will cost an average couple up to £100 a year. On the other side of the fence, the medical profession is campaigning for the change, claiming it will cut hospital admissions by ...

It was all too much for the Daily Mail, which not only ran an inflammatory headline about "nanny watchdogs" interfering in our lives, but produced a character named Matthew Sinclair, chief executive of something called the TaxPayers' Alliance, to fu...

That was back in 2002, when George W Bush was preparing to invade Iraq, to the horror of most of the Old Continent. But it encapsulated broader assumptions about fundamental trans-Atlantic differences, between a US that practised a pure and virile ca...

Some of you might think that internet shopping was invented to save time, stress and energy. That means either that you haven't done it very much, or that you work at home. Because it's not the shopping itself that causes all the trauma – the interne...

Prof Scott points out that when American wage slaves, tied down to factory jobs, are asked by opinion polls what sort of work they would prefer, most say they yearn to run their own shop, restaurant or farm. Prof Scott goes on to say that, "the desir...

It calls into question the amount of debt that football clubs carry and whether it is sustainable. I would like to know how much deferred tax is collected by HMRC and what happens when clubs get into difficult times. What safety mechanisms are in pl...