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Today we will urge the government to come clean about the impact of delays, chaos and failing programmes at the Department for Work and Pensions.

There is increasing pressure on school places and Michael Gove’s policies are making things worse.

The most read articles on Left Foot Forward this week.

Labour is willing to talk about tax avoidance but also tax evasion. For too long politicians have ducked the issue.

The total annual cost of the monarchy is estimated by Republic to be around £300m – nine times higher than the official figure.

A review of manufacturing commissioned by Labour says the UK needs to avoid damaging economic short-termism.

Scotland can be part of a progressive union, Miliband will say today.

Incomes in the West Midlands are significantly lower than in the poorest regions of Germany, France, Belgium, Austria, Denmark, Sweden and Finland.

The contemporary agitation for a Caliphate is a struggle to establish a totalitarian state that bears little resemblance to Muslim empires of the past.

Now that coalition reforms are in place, we’re starting to see the true impact of government policy – and inequality is on the rise.