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Child poverty up in rich world since start of recession
Child poverty has increased in the rich world since the onset of the global recession in 2008, according to a new report from Unicef.
How to make our ambulance service the best in the world
The ambulance service in the UK is one of the best in the world, unfortunately it has been taken for granted.
UK gender gap widens, according to new report
The pay gap between men and women in the workplace has widened and the UK has dropped out of the top 20 countries for gender equality.
Assad kills journalists too – the West must not work with his regime
Assad is not an ally, he is a man whose stubborn determination to preserve his dictatorship has killed hundreds of thousands.
Boris’s affordable housing failure exposes his true colours – dishonesty and indifference
Hundreds of thousands of Londoners are being priced out of London’s housing market, yet Boris doesn’t seem to care.
Labour needs policies that end low paid and low skilled work
The UK has too many poorly performing workplaces, according to a new report.
Labour’s crisis in Scotland could deny it the keys to Downing Street
Labour has put its fingers in its ears in the hope that not hearing the bad news would make it go away.
Seeing off Brexit by changing the Treaty of Rome into a Treaty of Home
The only way to see off anti-EU and extreme right-wing parties is to start a debate about a radical new direction for Europe.
The EU must be more vocal in its criticism of Vladimir Putin
While European governments have taken action against Russia’s violations of Ukrainian sovereignty, too little is being done about its violations of the rights and freedoms of its own population.
Today’s EU climate deal means it will be harder for Westminster to blame Brussels for rising energy bills
One positive effect of today’s European deal is that it should be more difficult for MPs to deflect attention onto the faceless bogie-man that is ‘Brussels’.