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Despite today’s big pay gap announcement these are difficult times for women
Newspapers praise Cameron on gender pay gap, but trash the best means of closing it
A slightly higher minimum wage will not be enough to offset cuts to tax credits
Both public opinion and animal welfare overwhelmingly favour the ban
There were few new ideas and no engagement with the audience
Magical powers employed to confect a Labour row that never happened
In London, there are already planning permissions for over 260,000 homes that are not getting built
The Mail parrots claim that women are ‘the real winners from living wage’, but ignores tax credit cuts
Listen to the voters by all means. But recognise that they aren’t calling for a cut in child tax credits
The business secretary isn’t willing to recognise the role paid by workers and unions
