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23 December, 2025 (4 days ago)

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Alliance call for murals to be removed during Giro event

Ed Jacobs
19 February, 2014

The DUP have rejected suggestions that all murals should be temporarily removed or covered up when the Giro d’Italia begins in Northern Ireland between the 9 and 11 May.

The Thatcher-Gandhi papers: Operation Bluestar’s bitter legacy 30 years on

Hardeep Singh
19 February, 2014

The findings of Sir Jeremy Heywood’s report into Britain’s involvement in advising India on the “removal of Sikh dissidents” from Amritsar’s Golden Temple in 1984 has been met with disquiet and calls for a full independent inquiry. Hardeep Singh looks into some of the reasons why.

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19 February, 2014

Look Left, our daily political round up, will be going out shortly.

Once again, the government puts being tough on immigration ahead of being correct about immigration

James Bloodworth
19 February, 2014

All migrants coming to the UK from the European Union will have to show that they are earning at least £149 a week for three months before they have access to benefits.

158,300 disabled people wrongly judged fit for work by Atos

James Bloodworth
19 February, 2014

Thousands of disabled people have been wrongly judged fit for work by Atos since August 2010.

Hopeful signs in the labour market, but things remain a long way from normal

Duncan Weldon
19 February, 2014

Today’s labour market statistics were broadly positive but there are causes for concern beneath the headlines.

My 9-point plan to deal with future London flooding

Jenny Jones
19 February, 2014

Green Party Mayoral candidate Jenny Jones has come up with a nine-point plan for dealing with present and future London flooding.

Unemployment down 125,000 to 2.34 million

James Bloodworth
19 February, 2014

Unemployment decreased by 125,000 between October 2013 and December 2013 to 2.32 million, with the unemployment rate now at 7.2 per cent, today’s labour market statistics reveal.

Banking needs to become boring again

David Powell
19 February, 2014

What’s wrong with simply putting people’s money to work, in a safe place, to mobilise the investment for the long-term?

The threat of civil war is now very real in Thailand

Andrew Spooner
18 February, 2014

The thugs patrolling Bangkok’s streets are prepared for violence and have the financial backing of a tiny group of the wealthiest people in the country.

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