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The French government has thrown its weight behind Cameron in recent days
As the bill reaches a key stage in the Lords, campaigners reiterate that it’s an attack on genuinely affordable housing
The mayor promised 250,000 apprenticeship starts by May 2016, but is still 100,000 short
The editor of the British Medical Journal has repudiated the Government’s arguments on the ‘weekend effect’
Bulk data collection and storage could make us more vulnerable to hacking attacks by terrorist groups
The UK is well below the OECD average in terms of the paid leave it offers to men
The ceasefire will fail because it allows the regime to continue the war against the Syrian population, but prohibits the opposition defending itself
The IFS predicts child poverty will increase due to planned tax and benefit changes
Conservative cuts have led to crippling inefficiencies
An Indian worker in the UK typically has less than half the defined benefit pension savings of a white worker
