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The government’s crackdown on undocumented migration: a look at the facts
The public want tough action on undocumented migrants but there is little understanding that this costs a great deal of money
Jowell vs Abbott
Why did the centrist candidate beat the left wing-candidate so comprehensively?
Mail slams BBC Songs of Praise for filming Calais priest… then publishes his picture
In its hurry to bash the Beeb the Daily Mail has put its interviewee in danger
The Great British Bake Off: Food is too important to be left to the free market
Over the next 11 weeks we will be looking at food in greater depth and putting the case for more progressive food policies
Review of 1984: making us all paranoid
The Playhouse’s production of Orwell’s classic is chillingly immersive
George Osborne’s master plan for higher education misses the point
Education is not just a product – it can’t run on the logic of the market
A Northern Powerhouse means little unless it makes people better off
The northern economy should not just blindly replicate the London one, which has led to large inequalities
Lessons to learn from the Kids Company saga
The case raises many concerns about the role, competency and accountability of charity trustees
Fears for Northern Ireland’s economy as welfare row continues
Northern Ireland is set for years of ‘intensified austerity’
Tube strike: your free Metro is spreading myths to discredit the strike
Daily Mail-owned commuter rag implies strike is about holidays. It isn’t.