Oxfam Scotland's Malcolm Fleming on the the families and communities in Malawi who need help to survive.

Laurie Taylor, in his weekly column for the Magazine, fondly recalls the days when work talk was forbidden when socialising with colleagues.

Many of the UK's homeworkers are earning a salary below the national minimum wage, a report claims.

We writers may be jealous of JK Rowling's success, but the world of literature benefits from Harry Potter mania, says Clive James.

The British army has a long history of soldiers feeling under-paid.

A government minister investigates claims that migrant workers are being underpaid for strawberry picking.

Former child labourers in Pakistan who used to make footballs are now experiencing the fun side of the game, reports Chiade O'Shea.

Peter Day discovers grass-roots invention being unearthed and nurtured in India.

Tony Blair has admitted he cannot stop dentists doing private work. Will the new contract make a difference then?

Britain's cleaning industry is worth £9bn - but the immigrant cleaners doing our dirty work are increasingly living in a secret world of abuse, intimidation and illegality.

Plans to allow more marking of exams by students will undermine quality, a leading head teacher argues.

Authorities in Botswana battle to stem an influx of illegal immigrants from Zimbabwe seeking employment

BBC News Online explores whether the miners' strike caused the demise of the trade union movement.

Four out of 10 dentists do not accept new NHS patients, and millions are wasted on unnecessary treatments, a watchdog warns.

After a damning report on the state of British dentistry, Breakfast talks to the dentists' chief at 7.20am. Click here to send your views - and link to full listings for NHS dentists.

India is famous for its new breed of high technology specialists, but Peter Day discovers some less well-known innovators.

Dr Ian Peters, Deputy-Director General of the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) says that the minimum wage risks sending British business under in a tidal wave of red tape.