What happens when industries implode

Jobseeker numbers have been rising fastest in areas built on oil and gas. Steel areas could be next.

Osborne should be careful with his boasts about the 45p rate

Despite what the Chancellor would have you believe, it didn’t really raise an extra £8 billion in its first year.

What Osborne gave – and what he took – in yesterday’s Budget

And how it compares to all his previous Budgets and Autumn Statements.

If he stands for Parliament in 2020, Cameron could distinguish himself from other recent Prime Ministers

The most recent former Prime Minister to have done likewise was James Callaghan in 1983. Heath spent 27 years in the Commons after departing Number 10.

From public to private sector jobs – how are the regions doing?

The number of public sector jobs as a percentage of all jobs has declined everywhere. But it’s not the only metric we should look at.

The meaning of the Marmot Curve

Life expectancy numbers differ between poor and rich neighbourhoods. So too does the expectancy of a life lived free from disability.

Blackpool and Middlesbrough are bad for your health

They’re the areas with the lowest life expectancy in England and Wales. Kensington & Chelsea and Camden have the highest.

London, pit of misery

Meanwhile, Northern Ireland is feeling pretty chipper.