Yesterday's post explained why it made sense to replace the overlapping systems of means-tested benefits, contributory benefits and subs...

1. People clearly have different levels of income and assets and the welfare system is an attempt to redistribute this somewhat, or to allev...

We see absolutely no reason why UK legislation refers to marriages between gays and lesbians as 'civil partnerships' but then treats...

A graphic from today's Financial Times: That means there are about 13.5 million people aged 18 - 40 who are unlikely to vote, i.e. ther...

A rallying cry of older generations has always been that "you" have had it so good. Sure, there are some people who have never had...

Exhibit One, from The Guardian : The pain that quantitative easing has caused pensioners and savers should be offset by government compensat...

1. It has often been pointed out that voter turnout at General Elections has fallen since 1945: Data from here . 2. At the 2010 General Elec...