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We will be returning on Monday 5th January with more hard-hitting news and comment, written by and for the UK left.
The secular legal system can uphold the rights of minority women forced to conform to patriarchal religious laws, writes Lejla Kuric.
In a speech today, Northern Ireland secretary Theresa Villiers will call for a new process to deal with Northern Ireland’s past.
Unemployment decreased by 77,000 between September 2013 and November 2013 to 2.33 million, with the unemployment rate now at 6.9 per cent, today’s labour market statistics reveal.
Almost one million people had to rely on a food bank for emergency food aid in the past year.
There have been some interesting stories about Trident in the press of late. Here are just a few of them.
Hilary Clinton has made one of her most political interventions in months.
Don’t believe the coalition hype. The so-called ‘cost of living crisis’ is far from over, writes James Bloodworth.
Fresh from taking on Nick Clegg, Nigel Farage has called on Scottish first minister Alex Salmond to debate with him ahead of September’s referendum.
Poland’s is committed to the European Union, despite what David Cameron may like to think.
The ISA is a tax break for the prosperous/rich right now, but with the loss to a future chancellor in 20 or 30 years time.
