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Wales standing up to UK austerity, argues First Minister
Welsh first minister Carwyn Jones has told AMs that Wales is making progress in "the most difficult economic circumstances" and that the Welsh government is "standing up" to UK government austerity and welfare policies.
Speaker Bercow is right: migrants are harder workers
John Bercow is getting a lot of flack right now from the right-wing press for comments made in Romania in which he seemed to imply that EU migrants were better workers than their British counterparts.
This week’s most read: The Sun ashamed of its own poll, Cameron’s public health U-turns and Miliband’s dithering on Syria
The most read articles on Left Foot Forward this week.
How attractive is Britain to ‘benefit tourists’?
It's been reported that work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith is to challenge the EU commissioner Laszlo Andor after the latter, along with his fellow commissioners, announced that the commission would be taking Britain to court for discriminatory practices in its application of regulations on welfare payments.
The Week in Washington: AG Holder denies perjury claims, Obama pushes for judges and more
Larry Smith's weekly round up of American politics.
UK construction industry shrinks 10 per cent under coalition
The UK construction industry has shrunk by ten per cent under the coalition and construction output is now at its lowest level since 1998, according to new analysis by the TUC.