The UK population is growing at its fastest rate for half a century driven by immigration and an imminent new baby boom.

One in four criminals went straight back to crime and were responsible for more than half a million new offences last year.

New strategy aims to increase Scotland’s share of fastest growing food-producing sector.

Britain in rapidly moving into full blown unemployment mode. "The number of people claiming unemployment benefit has soared past one million for the first time in eight years, after rising at the fastest rate since 1991. The number on jobseeker's allowance rose by 75,700 in November - the fastest monthly rise since 1991 and 42 per cent higher than the 44,000 increase in claimants economists h...

During the Labour years London grew fastest, Scotland, Wales and the North slowest. The more public money Labour threw at the poorer and slower growing areas, the more the gap grew in favour of London and the South east. (1998-Q3 2006 London grew 41%, Scotland 16% – from “Freeing Britain to

The number of people out of work in the UK has risen to 1.79 million, according to figures released today.

Asked if the Prime Minister agreed with the argument that there was a link between the economic downturn and an increase in crime, the PMS said that Jacqui Smith had been talking about the crime stats this morning and made clear that we did not agree with those who said an economic downturn necessarily led to an increase in crime. Asked about the stats on knife crime, the PMS said that we understo...

The identities of more than two million criminals are not on the national DNA database.

Next week, the search for this year’s fastest growing Welsh companies comes to an end.Applications for the 2008 Wales Fast Growth 50 (FG50) project have to be submitted by July 31st 2008 to be eligible for this year’s supplement, to be published by the Western Mail in October. All the fifty firms selected will also be shortlisted for the Wales Fast Growth 50 awards, which will be celeb...

The crime figures obtained from the Met Police are shocking. Black men are massively over-represented both as victims and perpetrators of street crime, knife crime, gun crime and robberies.