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Hundreds of millions in UK aid returns to Treasury in VAT on asylum hotel bills

Exclusive: Payments underline absurdity of counting British accommodation as aid, say critics, and cost of application backlog

The Guardian - UK · Jul 23, 2023

Heavy on the rhetoric, light on facts: campaign against net zero fields familiar tropes

Claiming ‘woke hysteria’ is driving policy, lobby group Advance Australia makes a series of claims by the usual suspects that are easily debunked

The Guardian - AU · Jul 20, 2023

‘Where is the accountability?’: Indigenous children bear the brunt of Australia’s unequal education system

In the Northern Territory, the failure to implement the Gonski funding reforms has left students with the fewest resources further disadvantaged

The Guardian - AU · Jul 18, 2023

AI revolution puts skilled jobs at highest risk, OECD says

Law, medicine and finance sectors could be among most affected, according to organisation’s employment outlook

The Guardian - UK · Jul 11, 2023

Australia's 'retirement age' just became 67. So why are the French so upset about working until 64?

Since Saturday, Australians have been required to wait until the age of 67 until they can get the age pension.

The Conversation · Jul 6, 2023

University is expensive – how a mid-course work placement can help with costs and careers

Students are struggling financially. A 2022 survey from the Office for National Statistics found that half of students in England felt they were facing financial difficulties, and that one-quarter of students had borrowed more to cope with the cost of living crisis. In England, tuition fees for bachelor’s programmes are…

The Conversation · Jul 5, 2023

UK worst in G7 at curbing inflation, analysis finds

THE UK is the least successful country in the G7 at curbing inflation, new analysis has concluded.

The National (Scotland) · Jul 5, 2023

How childcare subsidies can reduce the gap between mothers’ and fathers’ career paths – for this generation and the next

More than 80% of women in England and Wales will become mothers at some point during their working lives, according to OECD figures. Most of these women will have two children around two or three years apart, spending at least 20 years of their adult lives with a child under…

The Conversation · Jul 4, 2023

3 Stocks to Own as Alzheimer's Drugs Bring Relief

The number of people with dementia, including those with Alzheimer's disease, are projected to increase from 50+ million now to more than 150 million in 2050, according to Alzheimer's Disease International. Those sheer numbers will mean that investors in certain stocks, producing Alzheimer's drugs to combat the disease, are poised…

StockNews.com · Jun 27, 2023

Britain’s shorter children reveal a grim story about austerity, but its scars run far deeper

Since 2010, our five-year-olds have been showing signs of reduced growth, a likely symptom of policies that have led to impoverished lives

The Guardian - UK · Jun 25, 2023