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23 minutes of every hour worked in the UK is spent on rent
Once our public services have been sold to make profits for a wealthy few, we can’t get them back.
We pay taxes for the NHS in case we need healthcare – why should welfare be any different?
Each of the candidates poses a different kind of threat to Cameron
The SNP are accusing Westminster of breaking its promises
The working poor and their children will suffer when the ‘merry-go-round’ stops
The Kurds are anxious to modernise, but Baghdad must cooperate
Exploitative piece is like a Victorian freak show disguised as a public health story
Report counters claims that cutting emissions is incompatible with growth
Story amended after James Bartholomew’s claim on social mobility shown to be completely wrong
