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Ed Miliband has put the willies up ConservativeHome
Ed Miliband has seen this Tory-led government pull a fast one on the ‘C2s’ and the ‘strivers’ and has offered something the Tories cannot give.
SNP defence plans slammed
With Scotland now less than a year away from a defining moment in its history, the policy implications of independence are finally becoming clear.
IPCC report: man-made global warming ‘unequivocal’
It is “extremely likely” that humans have been the principal cause of warming since the 1950s, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
The progressive case against the face veil
If opposition to the face veil is bigoted then my grandmother and great-aunt are bigots for describing their own experience of wearing the burqa in the 1930s and 40s as “physical and mental slavery”.
The Work Programme is failing and must change
Not much has changed with the Work Programme since the last set of results three months ago, and therein lies the problem.
What to make of Labour’s childcare announcement
Labour’s childcare announcement is a welcome attempt to try to bring down parents’ childcare costs.
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Tory Britain: Man sets fire to job centre after not eating for three days
An unemployed man who had not eaten for three days set fire to a job centre in order to get a hot meal in police custody, according to the Manchester Evening News.
A raise in minimum wage is welcome, but it’s not the best we can do
Ed Miliband’s pledge to “strengthen” the minimum wage in certain sectors is a step in the right direction, but it’s not the most effective way to reduce inequality.
Energy may have hit the headlines, but Ed’s green policies are a big move
Clear support from Labour for green growth can only be positive, and will hopefully be emulated across the political spectrum.