Low income families with parents in part-time work could lose about £4,000 a year because of a change in tax credits, Labour says.

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Tax change ‘to cost families £4k’

A study suggests a quarter of today’s UK children are living in families with two or more risk factors to their educational development.

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Education ‘risk factors’ listed

In a society where headlines of violence are almost commonplace, the families of the perpetrators are largely unheard from. But now some relatives have decided to share their stories.

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Killers’ Families Left to Confront Fear and Shame

Of the record 40,000 people in New York City’s shelters, a growing number belong to seemingly ordinary families, rushing off to school and work, smartphones in hand.

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Homeless Families, Cloaked in Normality

Ron Darby was in awe as he walked around the Notre Dame campus last spring. The Potomac (Md.) High standout football player toured the athletic facilities and academic buildings and met some of the Fighting Irish coaches’ families. He felt like a star when younger children asked for an autograph. Read full article > >

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National signing day 2012: As Ron Darby shows, early commitments don’t always carry weight

Like our love, women’s anger — the simmering rage toward our families, our mates and assorted males that can turn even the calmest woman’s expression into The Death Look — is always there. Even when it’s the last thing on our minds. Read full article > >

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The rage behind a woman’s stare

As the median price of first grade in private schools has gone up by 48 percent, parents at Horace Mann, Columbia Grammar and Trinity are braced to find out whether they will join families in the $40,000-a-year club.

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Scraping the $40,000 Ceiling at New York City Private Schools

The 30-second ad, which the Romney campaign is calling “Florida Families,” hits on a theme Mr. Romney and his advisers believe will resonate in Florida.

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The Caucus: New Romney Ad Hits Gingrich on Freddie Mac

The government is defeated in the Lords in a vote on its plans for a £26,000-a-year household benefit cap for working age families.

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Benefit cap suffers Lords defeat

An MP has urged the government to speed up the compensation process for Farepak families after it emerged 200 customers have died before receiving money.

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Quicker Farepak payouts sought

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An MP has urged the government to speed up the compensation process for Farepak families after it emerged 200 customers have died before receiving money.

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The government’s proposed benefits cap will “break up families” Liberal Democrat deputy leader Simon Hughes warns ministers.

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Hughes warning over benefits cap

By this stage of the GOP race, when the votes start tumbling in and the lesser players start tumbling out, we have read most of what there is to know about the six men—and they are indeed now all men—who aim to become the Republican nominee. We’ve read about their political successes and failures. We’ve learned about their families and their backgrounds. We know the quirky tidbits of their lives: Rick Santorum briefly lobbied for the World Wrestling Federation. Ron Paul doesn’t wear his seat belt . Newt Gingrich has an odd fascination with zoos . Read full article > >

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The GOP candidates’ best leadership traits

On a car-clogged avenue that runs toward the lair of legislative frustration , in a building wallpapered with headlines like “Fire displaces families” and “Divorce turns deadly” and “ Guantanamo forever,” in front of a giant backdrop that reads “Stress in America: Our Health at Risk,” the American Psychological Association reminded America that America is stressed. Read full article > >

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In American Psychological Association survey, 22 percent report extreme stress