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23 December, 2025 (2 weeks ago)

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In adopting a pension cap the government has done a spectacular u-turn

Gregg McClymont
1 November, 2013

Deeper market intervention is needed to deliver pensions people can trust and a real solution to the cost of living crisis to which high pension charges are contributing.

Green jobs: are they really too good to be true?

31 October, 2013

A summary of why it seems like green investment and jobs could solve all (ok, almost all) our problems.

Supervised injection sites are sensible health care interventions

Liz Evans
31 October, 2013

Supervised Injection sites are sensible health care interventions based on the notion that health care is actually about improving health, and also about caring.

The German model is the best way of escaping the clutches of the energy giants

Jenny Jones
30 October, 2013

The revelation that most of the big energy companies are systemically overcharging customers by 3.7bn a year is national scandal that must be tackled.

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30 October, 2013

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

It’s time to tackle the caring crisis

Barbara Keeley
30 October, 2013

It is vital that we all work together to get this right now before the Care Bill is passed, so that we do not leave groups of carers still slipping through the net of help and support.

PMQs: Is Lord Donoughue the best person to quote on climate change, Mr Cameron?

James Bloodworth
30 October, 2013

According to the register of Lords’ interests, Lord Donoughue has shareholdings in Premier Oil, the National Grid as well as Scottish and Southern Energy.

How the Big Six misled the Energy and Climate Change Committee

James Bloodworth
30 October, 2013

If it’s not wholesale prices or green levies that are causing such large spikes in the retail price, then what is?

Government scores ‘own goal’ on care commissioning

Jack Lofthouse
30 October, 2013

In a bizarre sequence of events last week, the government tabled an amendment to its own Care Bill removing the duty for the CQC to make routine checks on the commissioning of adult services.

Dissident Republicans ‘bitter and twisted’, argues McGuinness

Ed Jacobs
30 October, 2013

Sinn Fein’s deputy first minister has launched a scathing attack on dissident republicans, dubbing them ‘bitter and twisted’.

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