Prison reform long overdue, but David Cameron's pledge requires bold and politically unpalatable decisions
With prison places costing £40,000 a year, the Government is currently throwing good money after bad
With prison places costing £40,000 a year, the Government is currently throwing good money after bad
Leila Zerrougui on the destruction and occupation of schools during warfare, writing as Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict
There are only a few hours left to bid for some unique and original items in our final charity auction
These letters appear in the 9th Febuary 2016 edition of The Independent
Lord Kerslake, until 2014 the head of the Civil Service, accuses the Government of having "a worrying authoritarian streak"
Many species have been driven to extinction in the wild and many more are on the brink
INSIDE TRACK: 'It's almost been like every time you go on to the internet there's some new sordid revelation about doping and corruption in athletics.'
Simply wrinkle your nose and say 'Ugh, Coldplay' and voila: you're a bigger, better soul
One problem with the debate is the simplistic juxtaposition of tough versus soft. In challenging this, Cameron is breaking new ground
Inner Circle may be one of the least savoury ones out there, but the world is now teeming with depressing exclusivist apps. Gluten Free Singles, anyone?
My face shrivelled up in shock when I heard the latest cosmetic surgery stats - something I can still do, since I haven't had Botox
Just two individuals - Rupert Murdoch and Lord Rothermere - controlled a staggering 52.2 per cent of online and print national news publications in the UK in 2013
As an Armenian-Palestinian living and working in Canada, I was forced to question the ethics of a company I'd already dedicted 15 years of my life to
New research suggests that our capacity to learn a language diminishes gradually over our lives
At a time when China is attempting to expand its influence and establish itself as the East Asian region's dominant power, a united Korea would not be a welcome development
The Tories would have you believe they're progressive on LGBT rights - just look at all the photo opps and the smiling faces at Pride. Unfortunately the truth is a whole lot darker
Its young men were lost souls coerced or duped into service
Porto may have launched Portugal's golden age of exploration, but it is still waiting to be discovered
As a new survey suggests David Cameron's deal is going down badly with Tory members, the EU Leavers look to the most popular politician in the country