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Capital and south-east become more attractive to investors as other areas fall behind, academic study findsThe London economy and parts of the south-east have become more attractive to investors than the rest of Britain over the past year, according to…
After supreme court struck down affirmative action, legacy admissions scrutinized as race-based discriminationThe US Department of Education has opened an investigation into Harvard University’s policies on legacy admissions, which give an edge to appl…
Commitment to review welfare rules for unemployed people has lifted expectations the government will axe requiurements such as work for the doleFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free ap…
Only one cooling center remains open all night, when the concrete radiates heat stored during hellish daytime hoursEven after the sun sinks below the horizon in Phoenix, Arizona, the concrete cityscape continues to cook. In the midst of a record-breaki…
Commitment to keep controversial policy has opened splits ahead of national party meetingKeir Starmer’s decision not to scrap the two-child benefit cap if Labour wins power has exposed deep splits within the party, as he faces mounting calls to rethink…
Limiting demand of richest 20% saves seven times greenhouse gases required to meet needs of poorest 20%, researchers findExtreme heatwave – latest news updatesGently limiting “luxury” demand from the 20% of European consumers who use the most energy sa…
Researchers reported ‘alarming increase’ in drownings among low-income and ethnically diverse childrenParents are being asked to speak to their children about water safety after new data revealed an 85% increase in the number of child drownings in Engl…
Labour leader will argue against snobbery of ‘vocational’ and ‘academic’ education, saying young people need bothBritain needs to shatter its snobbish “class ceiling” that prevents children from getting ahead, Keir Starmer is to argue in a speech setti…
Wave of unrest after teenager’s death leaves French president weighing pleas to tackle inequality against calls for tougher policingEmmanuel Macron is facing the biggest domestic challenge of his fraught second term in office, after the police shooting…
Global elite told at London’s Savoy hotel of real risk of ‘civil disruption’ if more is not done to help struggling millions Business live – latest updatesIn the ballroom of the five star Savoy hotel on the Strand in central London, the super-rich and …