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Look Left, our daily political round up, will be going out shortly.
Priti Patel has joined the Number 10 Policy Board. Why does this matter? Well, because…
The one thing that could significantly improve social mobility is the one thing politicians are no longer interested in: reducing inequality.
Ed Miliband will today propose payday lending companies be forced to pay a levy in order to support credit union alternatives and free debt advice.
Labour could show its committment to global social justice by supporting Africa’s drive to produce its own vaccines.
People are sent to prison to lose their liberty; not their identity.
Today’s labour market statistics show that for most people this doesn’t feel like a recovery.
Food banks are simply one indication that the government is presiding over a shocking increase in poverty and deprivation. There are many more.
Unemployment decreased by 18,000 between June 2013 and August 2013 to 2.49 million, with the unemployment rate now at 7.7 per cent, today’s labour market statistics reveal.
The number of people using food banks to make end meet has tripled this year, according to new figures released today by the Trussell Trust.
