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“Blood on your hands”: Sick NRA plumb new depths with call for guns in schools
After a week of silence, the NRA gave its response to the Newtown massacre today – with a call for guns, guns and more guns. Gun control? Not a word of it.
The government is in denial over the impact of cuts on disabled people
The government claims disability organisations support its welfare reform agenda and say disabled people are protected from cuts. These 2 myths need debunking.
Olympic legacy? What legacy? Yet another Gove attack on school sport
Michael Gove was attacked by Labour today for “actively damaging school sport” for the delay in the unveiling of a new £100 million school sport policy.
US Politics Digest: Boehner’s cliff vote scrapped; Obama moves on guns; and more
The latest US politics news – including House Speaker John Boehner’s fiscal cliff vote getting scrapped, President Obama moving on gun control and more.
The Age Old Excuse – how older cancer patients are still being under treated
A new report from Macmillan Cancer Support today shows older cancer patients continue to be under-treated – often with devastating consequences.
Comment: The sex industry – what is to be done?
John Millington writes for Left Foot Forward on the arguments surrounding the sex industry, unionisation, women’s rights and the impact on gender roles.
New research shows 400,000 people will spend a second successive Christmas on the dole
TUC research demonstrates further hardship for many in one of the most financially difficult times of the year; meanwhile, the government refuses to help.
Watch: Commons Christmas lolz on last day of term
Watch Shadow Leader of the House Angela Eagle bring down the house on the last day before Christmas this morning, injecting festive cheer to proceedings.
Poll: Majority of voters want an early election and don’t blame Labour for financial crisis
A majority of voters want an early election and don’t blame Labour for the UK financial crisis – blaming the banking sector more, a new poll today reveals.
The impact of Gove’s reforms on teachers’ everyday working lives
A glimpse into the everyday lives of teachers, looking at the attitudes of teachers towards action taken by the NUT that did not include strike action.