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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.
Church report: Austerity created a “hopelessness” to blame for last summer’s riots
Current economic problems have inspired a hopelessness in young people that triggered ‘destructive and antisocial actions’, according to a Church report.
Economic update – July 2012: GDP predicted to fall again
The latest monthly data suggest there will be a further fall in real GDP in the second quarter of this year
Look Left – Libor, banks, inquiries, Osborne… and Cameron’s broken NHS pledge
Shamik Das looks back at the week’s politics, including our progressive, regressive and evidence of the week.
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After Rio+20, the world must choose between sustainability and growth (Part 1)
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?
Will the SFO banking investigation succeed under the strain of government budget cuts?
Could the contrast between Libor investigations at home and across the pond highlight injustice caused by budget cuts?
The Higgs boson aside, Britain is still failing its scientific community
The PM’s claims to have preserved Britain’s science budget are inadequate: we continue to underfund and neglect researchers, squandering our economic advantage.
Six EU countries support intervention in Syria – why isn’t the UK one of them?
Tory-led Britain continues to ‘sit on the fence’ when the war criminals of Syria should be sitting in the dock
Fins ain’t what they EUsed to be: Finland’s finance minister hints at a euro exit
Finland’s finance minister Jutta Urpilainen said the country would rather leave the single currency than pay the debts of other countries.