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Policing is political already – why should police commissioners hide their allegiance?
Given how political policing is, from questions of resource allocation to outsourcing, if any independent PCCs are elected to make such political decisions, we should know their political leanings.
Time for Ken Clarke to deliver peers the evidence on the real cost of legal aid cuts
On the legal aid cuts and LASPO bill, the real problem Ken Clarke has is his story savings figures simply do not stack up and peers from all sides know it.
Boris’s 9-point plan is a bridge to nowhere
Andrew Dismore, Labour’s GLA candidate for Camden and Barnet, takes apart London Mayor Boris Johnson’s 9-point “Plan for London”.
Britain 2012: Some families have only £2 per person per day for food
The fact that some families have £2 per person per day for food is a stark reality for many - but this hardship is lost on the government, report Family Action.
Warsi’s call for the dominance of Christianity ignores that it’s Islam under threat
Peter Allen and Rebecca Wainwright argue that the difficulty of getting 'Islamic' architecture built in Britain shows the flaws in Warsi's claim that militant secularisation is a problem
A4e’s fall from grace has been in the pipeline for two years
Fiona MacTaggart writes about the two years she's spent fighting against A4e and their shoddy practices; Now that it's all blown up, what's next?