Tax credits not fit for purpose. IDS. Here.

Inside an Amazon warehouse. Here.

Impact of austerity & price inflation on food buying habits. Pretty big. Here.

... oh, and another blog that seems worth looking at - fullfact.org. Haven't got time now - will try later.

Great new blog. Here.

See my post here.

The Economist had a leader article on this very point in last Friday's edition. Here. Another Economist leader here.

I still don't quite understand. Should government be seeking to set-up as many quangos as possible? Might 'good government' be the setting-up, creating good mandates for, and the overseeing of quangos? Maybe it's the case already. Aren't the army, police, judicial system, NHS etc. all quangos?

Teach evolution or lose funding. Here.

Very, very, very sad. Ann Clwyd. A veteran labour MP's husband dies of 'cold & neglect' in an NHS hospital  Here.