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Cameron Euro allies back anti-Muslim marches
With friends like these who needs enemies?
NHS: From ‘record high’ satisfaction to ‘breaking point’ within four years of coalition government
The NHS was in excellent shape when Labour left office in 2010; now it isn’t. For this the coalition must take at least some of the blame.
Are the wheels coming off the Stormont agreement?
DUP first minister Peter Robinson has accused Northern Ireland secretary Theresa Villiers of “breaking her word”.
Public ownership of the railways and lower fares on trains and buses: they’re popular and right
Public ownership of the railways was the second most popular policy among those presented to voters.
The Tory spending dossier: misleading, hollow and party political
The Conservatives have failed to produce a sustainable critique of Labour’s spending plans.
NHS in crisis: the worst A&E waiting times for a decade
Around 7 per cent of patients had to wait in A&E for more than four hours at the end of last year – the worst figures since records were first collected in 2004/05.
Fatcat Tuesday: Executive pay has already overtaken your earnings for the entire year
And pay inequality is worse this year than last.
Freeze fares to protect Londoners struggling with the seventh year of fare rises
Boris has the choice to freeze fares. He just won’t do it.
Boris’ budget is a climate disaster
The Mayor’s policies are probably causing more greenhouse gas emissions than he is saving.
Do Labour now expect a coalition with the SNP?
Labour’s deputy leader in Scotland has “no qualms whatsoever about working with the SNP”.