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Shadow housing minister Emma Reynolds will today set out plans to reverse the coalition’s record, which has resulted in 205,000 fewer home owners
On Tuesday Labour MEPs will vote in favour of a new European law that will cap these fees for good
There are enough real and substantive changes that can be made to our society without dismissing the other side as beyond the pale
Annual cuts to key benefits will take £17.9bn a year from working families by 2016/17
Time is running out for the mayor to reach his target
Last year’s jobs recovery meant an entry into low-paid, part-time work for many women
Continuing down the path of austerity while ignoring straightforward – if politically difficult – solutions, will lead the UK closer to economic disaster
The economic and fiscal benefits of migration have not always been felt locally
New report shows lone parents being hit hardest by austerity measures north of the border
Failure to engage with the cultural issues in the case review makes them ripe for exploitation by the far right
