The report says two-thirds of Britain's poor children are now in households where an adult works.

Thje government's Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commissioner, Alan Milburn, has produced a report which seems destined to be kicked into the long grass.

As BlackBerry looks set to be bought for $4.7bn, IBTimes UK looks back over ten years of boom and bust for the Canadian phone maker.

First US black president addresses crowd from Lincoln Memorial to mark 50th anniversary of March on Washington.

Dr Simon Usherwood analyses whether Farage's UK Independence Party can bolster popularity despite a raft of issues

Ian Silvera says Britain's higher education commodification undermines British academia

Economic growth in China slowed down to 7.7% in first quarter.

From Glass and Games to Nexus, Babel and the Motorola X smartphone, we look ahead to Google's I/O 2013 developer conference.

From shoulderpads to Walkmans, IBTimes UK looks back at some of the other icons that defined the 80s along with the Iron Lady.

Shane Croucher argues that we should be sympathetic to the people trapped on benefits who need understanding and a hand up.

Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan discusses how the upcoming Edge tablet will change PC gaming.

Working class Scott Mann is Ed Miliband's ideal Labour politician - except that he is a Conservative.

IBTimes UK has put together its own 'Central Bank Watch' report with key rates, dates and details from world's most important policymakers.

Longer sentences and more pensioners committing more crimes leads to surge in older prison population, says ITV documentary.

BBC4 Documentary shows how private companies prey on the poorest people in the country.

China's ageing population, huge credit bubbles and rising inequality is creating a serious "middle income trap" that could hurt the next phase of its "economic miracle".

Minister for Business, Innovation and Skills speaks about improving life chances at the Cass Business School.

Vince Cable has said that the Government should not focus its efforts completely on improving access for younger people into higher education, saying that addressing the issue of adults without qualifications is needed in order to improve social mobi

Zynga have issued a strongly-worded legal response to EA's claims that The Ville copies its game, The Sims Social.

An international team of archeologists find that hereditary inequality or social inequality began over 7,000 years ago in the early Neolithic era.

Google's Eric Schmidt speaks about Google's anti-trust issues, connecting the next five billion, privacy, and the company's recent Motorola acquisition.

Agriculture developed in the Middle East about 11,000 years ago, say researchers.

Security expert finds 5,000 new malicious Android apps in just three months.

Nokia continues mission to get mobile phones into hands of 'the next billion people" with Asha 202, 203 and 302.

Shareholders are telling bankers to change their remuneration packages, as the rich/poor gap widens.

Motorola has released fresh data regarding its forthcoming Defy+ smartphone, pegging it for a September release and leading many analysts to question whether it will be able to compete with the slew of confirmed and rumoured devices sharing its release window.

Just after Google's acquisition was announced, Motorola Mobility has unveiled its latest indestructible handset, the DEFY+.

London is ablaze and after three days of violence rioters and looters have taken over what started off as a peaceful demonstration outside of Tottenham police station, following the death of Mark Duggan.

IBTimes interviews Jeanne Allen, the President of The Center for Education Reform, about education in Great Britain and the United States and about the rise of charter schools in the US and of academies and now free schools in Britain.

A few days ago the BBC aired "Start Your Own School", a documentary following the fortunes of author Toby Young who, with similar minded parents, is attempting to set up a "Free School" in West London.