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Edinburgh is unhappiest place, says report

5 September 2008

It is a favourite location for authors fascinated by socio-economic duality - a picture postcard facade hiding a dark, poverty-stricken underbelly.

Package to support small businesses

5 September 2008

A £10 million support package has been announced to support small- and medium-sized businesses in the North-East during the economic slowdown.

An anthropological look at our children

By Sir Peter Hall

5 September 2008

A train to Disneyland Paris, or back to London, provides an opportunity for amateur research in social anthropology - especially if you appear to be the only passengers without an accompanying bevy of small children, and if you happen to be reading the August issue of Prospect magazine, with a challenging piece by Richard Reeves on the unfashionable topic of character.

The rise and rise of silver-haired Brits

By Karen Buck

5 September 2008

News that pensioners outnumber children for the first time has generated predictable hand-wringing.

Growth incentive may switch to city-regions

5 September 2008

A scheme that encourages town halls to boost local business growth will in future be based on the performance of city- regions, not council areas.

Purnell's people

5 September 2008

The green paper on welfare reform outlines contentious plans to commission private sector and voluntary bodies to tackle worklessness.

Finance briefs

5 September 2008

Investment from Scotland's economic development agency helped to create ten high growth start-up businesses in 2007/08, according to Scottish Enterprise's annual review. It reveals that the ten firms are forecast to contribute £50-80 million to the economy by their third year of operation. Annual Review 2007/08 is available via www.regen.net/doc

Councils await DCLG funding decision

5 September 2008

A London borough that was to be stripped of about £7 million of regeneration cash after a government blunder earlier this year has urged ministers to announce their final decision on whether the funding is indeed to be withdrawn.

Holyrood still plans to usher in local income tax

5 September 2008

Holyrood will press ahead with plans to abolish council tax and replace it with a local income tax despite Whitehall opposition, it was announced this week.

Single Measures

5 September 2008

The welfare reform green paper suggests solutions to get single parents into work. But critics say it does too little to equip them with marketable skills or help with childcare.