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The super rich one per cent are leaving everyone else behind
Are we still supposed to be “all in this together?”
Watch: Osborne’s deputy’s deputy’s deputy’s deputy Chloe Smith gets Paxo’d
Watch: Chloe Smith, who on her last appearance on Newsnight didn’t know the difference between deficit and debt, was humiliated again over the fuel duty u-turn.
A coalition (still) at war over Lords reform
As the government publishes a draft bill on the reform of the House of Lords, the prime minister prepares to unleash his backbenchers against the legislation.
Chuka Umunna wants gang members to use their ‘skillz’ elsewhere
It is wise for Labour to step up and not only say a crackdown on gang crime is needed, but to also suggest alternative routes for Britain’s young people.
Osborne’s scrapping of fuel tax is ‘fastest U-turn in history’, but a welcome one
As much as we welcome the tax freeze, why won’t Osborne learn that these U-turns are doing serious damage to his credibility as chancellor?
Call the Copts: The Muslim Brotherhood and Egypt’s Christians
Mohammed Morsi’s victory in Egypt’s presidential election raises new fears over the future of religious freedom amongst the country’s Coptic Christian minority.
Aung San Suu Kyi visits Labour HQ
One opposition leader met another today as Aung San Suu Kyi visited the Labour Party offices in Brewer’s Green.
The Scottish press’ verdict on the launch of the “Better Together” campaign
Following the launch of the Better Together campaign to retain Scotland’s place in the union, the Scottish press is unanimously praising the approach it’s taking.
Cameron’s “back of a fag packet” welfare speech brings back Labour policies he’d scrapped
David Cameron’s keynote welfare speech yesterday included the re-announcement of a Labour policy which he scrapped when the Tories came into government.
Edwina Currie strikes again: Young people must ‘learn sense’
Edwina Currie offended a whole section of the demographic again today by saying that young people won’t vote or have economic power until they “start working, pay taxes, learn sense”.