The idea of cutting carbohydrates to promote weight-loss is no stranger to the diet scene, but it definitely gets a bad rep due to the inevitable heavy regain as the price for its betrayal

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A recent NUS survey revealed what we already know: student loans are insufficient to cover most students’ living costs. Will a self-confessed big spender be able to survive on just £20 a week?

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Becky Leddy takes us away to Berlin to sample bars, beaches and graffiti galore.

The Chancellor was right to cut the top rate of tax in last weeks’ controversial Budget, Charlie Sherriff argues

Hot on the heels of Newt Gingrich’s latest maverick proposal, Cat Hanson has a novel suggestion for George Osborne’s Budget