The Treasury has announced an amnesty for those owing under £300 pounds in underpaid taxes. Photograph: Martin Godwin As part of an effort to sort out anomalies in the past collection of tax, anyone who has been undercharged up to £300 in the past six tax years will have it written off, while those who [...]

Vince Cable said today of science funding: ‘The question I have to address is can we achieve more with less?’ Photograph: Nils Jorgensen /Rex Features The blogosphere is abuzz with scientists complaining about the huge cuts that were said to be announced today. But the science community needs to look closely at what was actually [...]

Henry Webster, who was brain-damaged in a hammer attack involving a gang of Asian pupils at Ridgeway School in Wroughton, near Swindon, Wiltshire, in January 2007. Photograph: Barry Batchelor/PA The mother of a white 15-year-old boy who was left with brain damage after a hammer attack by a gang of Asian pupils blamed his school [...]

A human embryo clone used in stem cell research at Newcastle. The UK is a world leader in this field. Photograph: Nicola Mcintosh/Life Science Centre Scientists lined up today to criticise the coalition government’s proposals to cut public funds for research, calling the ideas “sad” and “depressing”. In his first major speech on science and [...]