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Acora Ltd insults women with shockingly sexist advert, then botches apology
Acora IT Outsourcing Ltd has caused shock and dismay with the publication of an advertisement that is extremely offensive and insulting.
Conflict over fire cuts in London
We are almost at the final post with the fire consultation in London (final day for submissions is 17 June) with cuts proposed to 12 fire stations, 18 engines and 520 firefighters.
There’s something badly wrong with our welfare system
Today’s figures should open up debate on how to reform the current system of tax credits and benefits. What is clear is that more needs to be done to address the growing number of people who are actively contributing to society but yet are finding it increasingly difficult just to get by.
This week’s most read: Out of control welfare, Prism and Page 3
The most read articles on Left Foot Forward this week.
Quote of the day: ‘If you are asking if they are having an affair, the answer is no’
Following the announcement on Wednesday that Rupert Murdoch is to split from wife Wendy Deng, rumours have been doing the rounds on twitter of third-party involvement.
The Week in Washington – a note from the author
The Week in Washington – a note from the author
Improvement in our schools is not helped by Ofsted’s soundbites
For the second time this week the education sector has taken a beating, this time with the Ofsted report on the way that schools support high ability pupils.
Three left wing arguments against intervention in Syria, and why they are wrong
Understandably reluctant to get entangled in foreign adventures after the war in Iraq, Barack Obama’s administration has been so keen to make a break with the past that it has failed over Syria to recognise that inaction often has deadlier consequences than action.
Is a defection on the cards in Wales?
A senior Plaid Cymru AM, seemingly closer to Labour than to his own leader on the issue of Wales’ constitutional future. I’m no conspiracy theorist but it does make you wonder.
Today’s child poverty figures show we are leaving our children utterly exposed
Work pays, we are always told, but for many it is clearly not paying enough. The latest official child poverty figures released today show that in-work poverty is on the rise, with two-thirds of poor children now living in families with at least one working parent.