Today the TaxPayers’ Alliance has released new research which shows that the average family pays £656,000 in taxes over their lifetime. That tax payment is around and about equal to the amount which, if saved over the years, would put said household into the top 10% in terms of wealth (850k in net assets). And

Open Europe has published a new report setting out how the Coalition could, during the lifetime of this Parliament, use a one-off opportunity to unilaterally repatriate up to 130 EU laws on crime and policing, including controversial measures such as the European Arrest Warrant.

This week’s bookbencher is Gloria De Piero, the Labour MP for Ashfield. She has a soft spot for Wuthering Heights and Karl Marx’s Das Kapital. Which book's on your bedside table at the moment? Race of a Lifetime. I'm half way through it. It's a behind the scenes tale of the last Presidential race. It has real fly on the wall stuff on Barack and Michelle, Hillary and Bill...

When I left school without the A levels that I needed to fulfil my academic dreams I was put on a job creation programme in my local library. I loved the scheme whilst it lasted! I learned more in those six months than I had learned in a previous lifetime of school. There was something almost magical in handling so many books. Even without reading them, just stamping a book with this book is the

Richard Desmond, owner of the Express and Star newspapers, has told Sir Brian Leveson that his inquiry is the worst thing for the industry in his lifetime

The past few months have seen an upsurge of interest in social housing- but for all the wrong reasons. One example that has had the Tories and right-wing media frothing at the mouth is the need to get rid of 'lifetime' tenancies, so that Councils can re-allocate properties on a regular basis, moving on tenants who are 'under-occupying'.

Lord Bilimoria predicts there will be an Asian PM in his lifetime, saying many Asians were breaking through the glass ceiling and taking top posts in Britain.

Here’s the news from the party: Tim Gordon brings to the role a lifetime of commitment to the Party, as a volunteer, campaigner and candidate, but also a strong commercial background and clearly demonstrated leadership qualities. Tim Gordon has been a Party activist since his teens, when he first volunteered for the SDP “Yes to

The Republican presidential faced with plummeting poll ratings says he would create a part-time Congress and end lifetime appointments for federal judges

Ed Balls said the eurozone problems were the "biggest political crisis of our lifetime" as he was quizzed over what Labour would do if it was in charge.