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While governments dither, Londoners are raising funds for a rescue boat
By 2020 a lone parent will be 30 per cent worse off than they were in 2010
New research shows that 116 Peers have failed to speak once since the start of the 2014 Parliamentary Session
Fears of a ‘slippery slope’ have so far been unfounded
Beeb’s local media pledge is spun into a cut-shy waste of money
The average annual amount lost by low paid working households is equivalent to a year’s worth of school dinners
The Labour leadership can go a long way to ensuring there are sufficient safeguards on our information and privacy
A failure to secure satisfactory changes will make it harder to get the deal through
Let’s not further diminish our standing in Europe
PFI contracts need to be thoroughly investigated, so we can return some of the money to schools and hospitals
