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Cutting housing benefit for young people could cause homelessness
The Tory-led government’s plans to cut housing benefit for young people could cause homelessness.
Tory MP: Osborne has “obviously made a mistake” and “he should apologise to Balls”
A Tory MP on the Treasury select committee says George Osborne “obviously made a mistake” in accusing Ed Balls over the Libor scandal and “should apologise”.
After Rio+20, the world must choose between sustainability and growth (Part 2)
With the current consensus that the Rio+20 summit was a failure, is the era of global treaties at an end, and if so where do we go next?
The government’s Family Planning Summit must aim higher
Shadow minister for international development Rushanara Ali MP writes on how women and girls must be at the centre of development work
As Spanish bond yields break 7%, the eurozone banking deal begins to unravel
A week ago, Spain secured an advantageous bank deal to drive down soaring bond yields: today, Spanish securities broke the 7% threshold. What’s gone wrong?
Right-wing think tanks at odds with British business on green growth
Four right-wing groups set out policies to ‘build the momentum for growth’ in today’s Telegraph. But these carbon-intensive projects are at odds with British business.
The government’s Work Programme (still) isn’t working
New ONS figures reveal that the number of long-term unemployed has more than doubled since May 2010: a new milestone in the Work Programme’s litany of failure.
Lords reform looks doomed as poll shows most people do not favour mostly elected House
On the same day that 70 Tory MPs pledged to rebel against Lords reform, YouGov today released data showing the public are not supportive of the changes either.
As Yes to Independence campaign splits (again), Cameron considers taking control of Scottish referendum
A former SNP deputy leader and pro-independence heavyweight attacks the Yes campaign’s incoherence, striking “a hammer blow to Alex Salmond”.
Unions claim victory over London 2012 medal makers who wanted to reduce employee rights
The long running lock-out of members of the United Steelworkers union in Canada has been settled, with the union claiming victory based on global union solidarity.