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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 government, and Owen Paterson in particular, have been criticised for not doing enough about flooding. Here, then, are three things they are doing.
Bosses at Bournemouth University have received a bumper pay rise – despite a majority of university staff being offered just a 1 per cent rise by bosses.
Tory voters are defecting. The problem is that only a fifth of these defectors are switching their allegiance to Labour.
The SNP have sought to throw down the gauntlet to the Better Together Campaign by challenging them to produce their own blueprint for a future Scotland.
Is Indian democracy broken? Carl Packman looks at a new book by Ram Mashru which examines how the Indian establishment is setting back democracy.
Look Left, our daily political round up, will be going out shortly.
Benefits are often an essential subsidy to low wages rather than an alternative to work.
Labour has a good chance of gaining a majority next year. But if Ed Miliband wants to be a bold and transformational Prime Minister there is more to do.
Our criminal process should not be premised upon the idea that, if someone is well off enough to pay for a lawyer, they deserve a higher standard of care.
Taking away the entitlements of wealthy pensioners may be good economics, but it would be incredibly risky for the Tory party.
