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SNP and Labour unite to seek bedroom tax repeal
Labour has agreed to work with the SNP to look at legal ways of removing the bedroom tax.
Brighton Greens’ council tax move shows the fight against austerity is on
Brighton Greens are to hold a referendum to let local people choose between cuts or paying a pound a week extra tax.
Geneva II: Failure by default
There are no examples in history of a genocidal regime giving up power peacefully.
Only half London NHS Trusts meeting four hour target
Last year only half of London NHS Trusts were able to ensure 95 per cent of patients attending A&Es were treated within four hours.
Britain should take our share of Syrian refugees
All three parties should consider making a much stronger, long term commitment to refugee resettlement in their manifestos.
Liberals of all parties should support Maajid Nawaz in the face of death threats
Genuine liberals should support liberal Muslims like Maajid Nawaz against the literalists who would murder people over cartoons.
Unless we see a pick-up in productivity, the UK risks slower growth
Unless we see a pick-up in productivity growth soon then the UK risks much slower growth, and lower living standards, in the future.
No need to increase interest rates while real earnings are falling
Any move now to increase interest rates might put the economic recovery at risk.
Unemployment down 167,000 to 2.32 million
Unemployment decreased by 167,000 between September 2013 and November 2013 to 2.32 million, with the unemployment rate now at 7.4 per cent, today’s labour market statistics reveal.