Signs of the times!

Guy Fawkes

Confirmed: Cuts will hit poorest hardest * Cuts will hit women twice as hard as men, Commons research shows * California jobless rate is stuck at 12.4% *   Spending cuts: Liverpool facing 'worse than the worst-case scenario' * California state, county and city agencies, beset by plunging revenues, make their biggest payroll cuts in decades, and more layoffs are ahead, analysts forecast * US announces $2bn military aid package for Pakistan * Queen asked for poverty grant to heat palaces * French lessons: pension protests * Amid Reforms, Cubans Fret Over Food Rations Fate * Mass protests overshadow Greek prime minister's austerity speech * Councils plan for exodus of poor families from London * U.S. unemployment rate for blacks projected to hit 25-year high * Hispanic unemployment: Latinos hardest hit by recession * Child Poverty Over 30% In Chicago, As Recession Cripples Families