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China, Cuba, Saudi Arabia and Russia elected to top UN human rights body
China, Cuba, Russia and Saudi Arabia have won three-year seats on the United Nations Human Rights Council.
Fortunately, the Tories haven’t yet figured out how to delete YouTube
While the Tory party may believe it can stand athwart history yelling ‘stop’, YouTube still exists.
Why is the government trying to turn new mums into cash cows?
The announcement yesterday of a pilot scheme to entice new mothers in Sheffield and Chesterfield with the promise of £200 of shopping vouchers if they breastfeed their babies for 6 months is barely credible.
UK government threatening Northern Ireland on welfare, claims Sinn Fein
Sinn Fein has accused the UK government of threatening Northern Ireland for its reluctance to implement its welfare reforms.
Unemployment down 48,000 to 2.47 million
Unemployment decreased by 48,000 between July 2013 and September 2013 to 2.47 million, with the unemployment rate now at 7.6 per cent, today’s labour market statistics reveal.
Bedroom Tax Debate: Emily Thornberry MP highlights a glaring inconsistency
Why are pensioners exempt from this policy while disabled people are not?
Why Grant Shapps doesn’t know what he’s talking about on energy prices
Why energy bills are really sky high and what Grant Shapps and the Tories won’t do about it.
Selling-off the loan book would be the government’s most outrageous attack on students yet, so why aren’t we more concerned?
It shouldn’t be left up to ordinary students to organise against the privatisation of the student loan book. We both need and deserve better from NUS.
The coalition lacks any plan to get Britain manufacturing again
Unite has set out ten recommendations for rebalancing the economy and developing an effective manufacturing strategy.
Obama is charting a new course in the Middle East. Can he succeed?
When it comes to its new goals for the Middle East, is the US still overestimating what it can achieve?