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• Measures must be introduced to curb the spread of acid attacks on young women
  Politicians need to decide whether new legislation is required to deal with this crime before it spreads. […]
• SNP deaf to economic issues that really matter
  All of a sudden, the debate around Scotland’s future has gained the kind of substance that many have been yearning for. […]
• The coalition has already abandoned the Child Poverty Act
  Yesterday on the pages of this blog, Stewart Lansley claimed that I had "hurled a hand grenade" into the poverty debate by urging Labour to rethink its approach to child poverty. Leaving aside the hyperbole of that statement, Lansley's case seems to be that my intervention "chimes with the line being taken by the coalition" in its at […]
• Hannes Swoboda and Mojca Kleva Kekus take your questions on tax justice
  Live chat, 21 May 2013. 12.30PM […]
• In place of fear: It’s time to tackle alarming health inequalities
  In Place of Fear, the title of Aneurin Bevan’s book published on the 10th anniversary of the Beveridge Report, is synonymous with all that the welfare state stood for and what it sought to achieve. In 2013, as the principles of Bevan and Beveridge are being killed off, the belief that inequalities should narrow is also under attack. […]
• Blacklisted workers deserve a larger audience than is currently being granted
  The image of union activist George Tapp lying on a Manchester road with two broken legs and blood pouring from his head following a vicious hit and run during an anti-blacklist demonstration last week has shocked many. […]
• As Obama hosts the Burmese President, he must address the regime’s dreadful human rights record
  Setting aside the ethics of this approach - which is unlikely to be altered anytime soon - the US can still afford to get tough with Burma without losing purchase over the Burmese government. […]

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• Steve Bell on David Cameron's message to Tory party members – cartoon
  Prime minister sends personal note saying he would never work with anyone who 'sneered' at activistsSteve Bell     […]
• Tax lost offshore could end world poverty, says Oxfam
  Charity says governments are losing more than £99bn a year in revenue and calls for tougher action against tax havensLost tax revenue from money salted away offshore is costing governments more than $150bn (£99bn) a year, Oxfam has found – enough to eliminate extreme poverty across the globe twice over.The charity said it was time for David Cameron to put wo […]
• Free school offering 'cross-subject' learning approved by Michael Gove
  Secondary school that promises to do away with traditional classroom lessons is among new tranche to open next yearAn unorthodox secondary school offering "cross-subject projects" rather than traditional classroom lessons, is among the latest tranche of free schools to be approved.XP school in Doncaster is one of the 102 new free schools given the […]
• Clegg to tell off Tory backbenchers for 'game-playing'
  Lib Dem leader is likely to infuriate Conservative rebels with speech insisting coalition will last until 2015Nick Clegg will infuriate David Cameron's restive backbenchers on Wednesday by insisting he will not allow the coalition to be broken up early and telling them it is time to get back to governing from the centre, and end the game-playing at West […]
• MPs issue damning verdict on HMRC failures in fraud and error clampdown
  Tax officials set to miss spending review target by £5bn because of 'extremely poor' performance, says Commons committeeA £5bn hole in the public purse has been caused by the failure of HM Revenue and Customs to clamp down effectively on fraud and error, MPs warn on Wednesday.The House of Commons public accounts committee has concluded that tax off […]
• Headteachers told: choose highly paid staff or smaller classes in your schools
  Principals must be prepared to make difficult trade-offs, says Sir Michael Wilshaw, Ofsted's chief inspector of schoolsHeadteachers may face a difficult balancing act between improved wages for their staff or smaller classes for their pupils, Ofsted's chief inspector of schools said on Tuesday.Sir Michael Wilshaw, speaking at a seminar in London, s […]
• Sir David Nicholson, chief executive of NHS England, announces he is to quit
  Official criticised for role in Mid Staffs scandal to step down in March next yearSir David Nicholson, the chief executive of NHS England, dramatically announced the end of his six-year reign after sustained criticism of his role in the Mid Staffs hospital scandal made it impossible for him to continue as the public face of the health service.The £211,000-a- […]
• Hugh Muir's diary: The anti-gay marriage MP who raced against time. And lost
  Rob Flello came, he spoke, but he couldn't say everything• With Labour's help, PM Dave jumped a significant hurdle en route to legislation enshrining gay marriage. Good for him, but a worry for Lord Tebbit. We might see a "lesbian queen giving birth to a future monarch by artificial insemination", warns Normo. All quite concerning. Yes, i […]
• IMF urges Treasury to speed up sale of Lloyds and RBS
  Fund says disposal of £65bn bank stakes should be priority as Lloyds shares reach level considered as break-even for taxpayerSpeculation about a government sell-off of Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group was escalating on Tuesday night amid reports that the International Monetary Fund is urging the Treasury to accelerate its disposal of the £65bn […]
• Some Afghan interpreters to be allowed to settle in Britain
  Government revises earlier plan to leave most army interpreters in Afghanistan after pullout, risking Taliban reprisalsAbout half the Afghan interpreters risking their lives for British troops are to be given settlement rights in the UK under a reworked package prepared by the coalition government.The package represents a climbdown from earlier suggestions t […]

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