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The number of older people using day care centres in England has fallen by nearly a quarter in three years, charity Age UK has said. Age UK found the number using services such as lunch clubs had fallen from 88,498 in 2009-10 to 68,160 in 2011-12, and blamed councils' funding pressures.

Record levels of immigration have had "little or no impact" on the economic well-being of Britons, an influential House of Lords committee has said. It says competition from immigrants has had a negative impact on the low paid and training for young UK workers, and has contributed to high house prices.

"People in the UK now fit into seven social classes, a major survey conduct"

Launched April 24, 2013 The United Kingdom Peace Index (UKPI) has found that the UK is 11 per cent more peaceful than it was a decade ago. Produced by the Institute for Economics and Peace, the UKPI is the first measure of peacefulness across the UK.

This is superb As net migration sees the biggest fall for four years, the Office for National Statistics has looked back on the long term trends in migration to and from the UK since 1964.

"As online shopping explodes in Britain, helping to push traditional retailers such as HMV out of business, more and more jobs are moving from high-street shops into warehouses like this one. Under pressure from politicians and the public over its tax arrangements, Amazon has tried to stress how many jobs it is creating across the country at a time of economic malaise. The undisputed behemoth of the online retail world has invested more than £1bn in its UK operations and announced last year that it would open another three warehouses over the next two years and create 2,000 more permanent jobs. Amazon even had a quote from David Cameron, the prime minister, in its September press release. "This is great news, not only for those individuals who will find work, but for the UK economy," he said."

Lots of statistics on UK deprivation useful for Unequal spaces. Just have abrowse

Some excellent INTERACTIVE graphics Look at the animated UK population pyramid

"The UK will give £720m to an international fund to help poor nations cope with climate change, the Guardian can reveal."

"Your complete guide to shopping for ethical clothes and accessories, from Fairtrade babygrows and vegan nightwear to fashion made in the UK"

A UK minister has caused controversy by urging Muslims to try harder to integrate into British society. Europe minister Peter Hain says isolationism leaves Muslims open to exploitation by extremists. Is integration good for multi-cultural Britain?

Useful for HW 3 :-)

"A Russian official referred last week to Great Britain as "a small island to which no-one pays any attention". PM David Cameron responded by challenging anyone to name a country with a "prouder history, with a bigger heart, with a greater resilience". But he conceded that the UK was a "small group of islands". Is it?"

Ethnic minority polarisation

"Off-shoring used to be a buzzword for British industry - with company after company shifting its production to lower cost countries. But now there are signs that the opposite is happening as some businesses re-locate production to the UK, in a process some are calling "re-shoring""