Does the child benefit payment system need re...

LifeLines, a UK charity that sets death row prisoners up with pen pals, has reported a sharp increase in enquiries after the Christa Pike case. Their chair, Patrick Ballin spoke to Anton this morning. 

New research shows three quarters of us think the cost of living and buying a home are worse than they were 30 years ago. These are the findings from a new report marking 30 years of the Credit Union Consumer Sentiment Index. To discuss these findings was Economist Austin Hughes. 

In the week that the government announced a major review into England's council-run children's services, a Times investigation has found scores of inexperienced owners in the sector - including those with criminal convictions. With young people at risk, and big money to be made, ...  Show more

Among O.E.C.D. nations, the U.S. has one of the highest rates of child poverty. How can that be? To find out, Stephen Dubner speaks with a Republican senator, a Democratic mayor, and a large cast of econo-nerds. Along the way, we hear some surprisingly good news: Washington is ...

For many, the logic seemed unassailable: Giving poor families money would measurably improve the lives of their children. And so a few years ago, social scientists set out to test whether that assumption was right.

The results of the experiment have shocked them.

Even as recently as a year ago, even the most cleareyed analysts thought it was a long shot. But this week, a child tax credit is expected to be passed into law, as part of the economic stimulus bill.

The child tax credit is an income guarantee for American families with ...