How the Young Poor Measure Poverty in Britain: Drink, Drugs and Their Time in Jail
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A housing project near Manchester represents a pocket of poverty, social deprivation and alienation that is common across Britain.
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A user guide to Britain's new ruling class
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Grand lessons from grand larceny: An inspiring tale for today's youth.
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Comment is free: Madeleine Bunting: Never have so many of us appeared so well-off yet felt so poor - and we used to believe obscene wealth was victimless.
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By MARGARET BARBER  Dear Editor, I was struck by the irony of the juxtaposition of two articles in of The Birmingham Post (Dec 14).   The first told of concerns that teenagers were finding it difficult to get jobs because they were not able to express themselves adequately.
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Updated methods for calculating alcohol consumption classify many more people as drinking too much.
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A breakthrough in computer-assisted mind reading brings us closer to predicting criminality. Should the justice system adapt? Commentary by Jennifer Granick.
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Under-age drinking led to the deaths of more than 500 Australian teenagers in the decade leading up to 2002, according to a new university study.
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A Tory report on tackling poverty warns about the emergence of a growing underclass in Britain.
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Measuring the well-being of a nation isn&#39;t as simple as figuring out a country&#39;s gross domestic product. But a team of economists and psychologists has developed a new method
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Â· 'Tipping point' for underage drinking Â· Police could get new powers of confiscation
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Britons typically drinking a third more than earlier surveys suggested as government issues re-think
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Britain's teeangers are among the heaviest drinkers and drug-users in Europe, research has found.
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Teen binge-drinkers are more likely to use drugs, become alcoholics and have criminal convictions, research shows.
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ONS survey reveals alcohol consumption in Britain could also be falling
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A new survey of 11-19 year olds reveals that 42% of respondents started drinking when they were 13 or younger, and highlights the ease with which they can buy alcohol
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Alcohol consumption is highest among men - and the middle classes, latest UK figures suggest.