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As top pay soars, the 99% are left behind
The news about top bosses’ pay this morning is just the latest in a series of reports highlighting huge disparities between the top 1% and the remaining 99%.
IFS: Education spending will “shrink” at fastest rate “since at least the 1950s”
A new report today reveals education spending will be slashed by more than 13 per cent over this parliament - the largest cut since at least the fifties.
Wales calls for second u-turn on coastguard closures as Salmond hits out at Huhne
Carwyn Jones has urged the government to rethink plans to downgrade Wales’s busiest coastguard station in Swansea, while Alex Salmond has attacked Chris Huhne.
The “occupy” protests come to the City this Saturday
Protests similar to those that have targeted Wall Street in recent weeks are set to hit the City of London this weekend, reports Left Foot Forward’s Shamik Das.
Northern Ireland health workers strike over budget cuts
The Democratic Unionist Party has accused the public sector union Unison of having presided over strikes with no mandate from those involved, reports Ed Jacobs.
Tory MP: People opposed to legal aid cuts are “irresponsible and unhelpful”
Tory MP Ben Gummer attacked campaigners against the government's legal aid cuts at the Law Society fringe at the Conservative party conference last night.