Riven by poverty and racism, Tower Hamlets was known for educational underachievement. Now, with a new generation of local teachers, it has the most improved schools in the country. Matthew Brown reports.

This study looked at the attitudes of Bangladeshi, Pakistani and white men living in Oldham towards different types of retirement pensions and at their ability to make informed choices between alternative forms of second tier pensions provision.

In January 2001, the Home Office published a report on “Migration: an economic and social analysis”. This was the first attempt within the UK to undertake a systematic analysis of the impacts of migration, and to better understand the extent to which the Home Office is achieving its aim to develop migration policy in the interests of “sustainable growth and social inclusion”. The report identified a range of positive economic and social impacts...

One of the biggest ever national surveys of mental health in ethnic communities has found that Bangladeshi women appear to have more robust mental health than white, West Indian and other Asian women - while also being the poorest group in Britain today.