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Editorial: The budget favours increased public spending and taxation, contrasting with Tory austerity. However, there were missed opportunities to address poverty and inequality

Labour urged to abolish the two-child benefit gap by charities who say the damage it causes ‘grows every day’

Public now expect to have to save £200 a year due to spiriling NHS waiting lists

The University Grants Commission-administered and the National Testing Agency-conducted National Eligibility Test was cancelled just a little after the NTA-coordinated National Eligibility cum Entrance Test’s last-minute annulment – after it was revealed that question papers were leaked and both examinations compromised.

Schools and health services forced to offer crisis help in the form of food, clothing, money and advice

Editorial: Opaque ownership structures and bumper profits point to an early years sector gone wrong

With more public money on its way, Joseph Rowntree Foundation calls for commitments on value for money and staff pay

Apple shares drop after it is penalised following investigation into allegations it obstructed music-streaming rivals

Exclusive: Joseph Rowntree Foundation finds widening gulf between demand for tax cuts and reality for millions struggling

Six million of the poorest people would need more than double their incomes to move out of hardship, says Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Hopes that nearly 4 million low paid UK workers would be able to keep more of their earnings if personal allowances are uprated