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Basit Mahmood
Today

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Today

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Chuka Umunna is right: UKIP voters can’t send emails

James Bloodworth
23 June, 2014

In other words, despite the headlines there really isn’t a great deal to argue with Chuka Umunna about.

Online extremism: we need to target causes rather than symptoms

Erin Saltman
23 June, 2014

Erasing extremist content and prosecuting foreign fighters won’t be enough.

POLL: Should Labour bring back Alan Johnson?

23 June, 2014

POLL: Should Labour bring Alan Johnson back?

Third of Londoners fear having to move due to housing costs

James Bloodworth
23 June, 2014

One in three Londoners fears having to move out of their local area because of the high cost of housing.

This week’s most read: The NHS, property prices and Ed Miliband’s welfare plans

21 June, 2014

The most read articles on Left Foot Forward this week.

The UK risks looking foolish if it doesn’t address its coal problem

Jimmy Aldridge
20 June, 2014

Instead of an exit strategy, the government have been laying the groundwork for a continuation of coal.

Was the aim of the bedroom tax always to shift debt from the government to benefit claimants?

Rosa Ellis
20 June, 2014

The bedroom tax might be the clearest example of the coalition punishing the poor for the financial crisis.

New figures: George Osborne borrowing more than expected

James Bloodworth
20 June, 2014

Income tax receipts in particular have been weaker than expected.

Government welfare reforms a ‘fiasco’ that are hurting the ‘most vulnerable’ say MPs

James Bloodworth
20 June, 2014

In one instance a claimant was hospitalised due to stress caused by payment delays

Labour’s ‘benefit cut’ for young people: populist or progressive?

Declan Gaffney
19 June, 2014

Some of the criticism of Labour’s welfare plans is misplaced.

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