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Are 1 in 10 on the dole really immigrants?
The Sun should use language that reflects reality, not their readers’ prejudices.
Turn RBS into a network of community banks, based on the German model
To turn RBS into a network of community banks, looking at German Sparkassen for inspiration, would be a step closer to the kind of relational finance our communities desperately need.
Today’s inflation figures: most people still getting poorer
Yet again inflation has outpaced wages as figures realeased today by the Office for National Statistics show the Consumer Price Index at 2.7 per cent – unchanged from August.
The North East must close its digital connectivity gaps
Digital connectivity is an essential asset for businesses and a profound catalyst of social and economic change.
Alliance Boots ‘fleecing Britain’ as it avoids £1.1 billion in tax
Pharmacy chain Alliance Boots has been accused of “fleecing Britain” as a report out today reveals that the company has avoided over a billion pounds in tax in the past six years.
Britain is failing to protect minority women
Attempts to address human rights abuses within minority communities is too often met with accusations of bigotry.
The European far-right is growing. And not for the reasons you think
The far-right in Europe is winning support by combining anti-immigration rhetoric with a populist economic agenda.
Are free schools really more popular in Labour areas?
Recently The Telegraph reported that more free schools have been set up in areas controlled by Labour than any other political party.
Cameron faces hostile meeting over bedroom tax
David Cameron will face a difficult meeting later this week as the heads of the UK’s devolved governments meet.