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UN demands Vatican take action on child abuse
A UN human rights committee has published a scathing report denouncing the Vatican for its failure to take action against paedophile priests.
Boris breaks (another) election promise as 3,000 police officers are lost
The Met has lost over 3,000 police officers since May 2010, despite a promise by Boris Johnson to maintain police numbers “at or around 32,000”.
Obama’s record on surveillance is a black mark against his legacy
Barack Obama’s approach to surveillance is now regarded as one of the primary issues facing campaigners for civil liberties.
The end of Christianity in the Middle East?
Ed Jacobs reviews ‘The Silence of Our Friends’, by Catholic Herald deputy editor Ed West.
3 *actual* reasons people go on strike (as opposed to those invented by the press)
If you can’t get to work today, you could do worse than head down to a picket line and offer your support, or at least ask a trade unionist why they have decided to strike.
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France: President Hollande caves in to right-wing hysteria on family law
France’s Socialist government has dropped plans to update family law after protests by conservative groups.
Osborne’s trumpeted ‘superior’ skills training programme doesn’t exist
Ministers admit George Osborne’s trumpeted “superior” skills training programme still hasn’t started .
Holyrood versus Whitehall on the Bedroom Tax
The Scottish and UK governments are on a collision course over the bedroom tax.
Under Boris’s proposed strike rule change, he would be banned from office
Under Johnson’s proposed rule change strikes with a turnout of less than 50 per cent would be banned; but were that rule change applied across the board Boris himself would be banned from office.