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Coalition releasing sex offenders without treatment
It’s time that the Conservative justice secretary stopped trying to justify the oversight and started looking at ways to correct it.
Cameron’s migrant benefit move is even worse than you think
The latest restrictions on migrants claiming benefits won’t only harm migrant workers but also Britons.
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Up close, Scottish nationalism looks a lot like other nationalisms
Nationalism has many potential outcomes, but they are all based on a concern for ‘our people’ not ‘the people’.
The Tory tax bombshell that would clobber middle earners
A senior Tory at the heart of government policymaking has let slip that the Conservatives are considering a new tax plan which could hammer middle and low earners.
Tuition fees set to rise again under new proposals
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Violence in Libya: a by-product of NATO irresponsibility
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‘Are you better off than four years ago?’ Ed Balls channels Reagan to highlight biggest fall in earnings since 1874
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