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Tories prepare to get tougher on teenage single mothers
David Cameron is reported to have 'welcomed' plans from a group of Conservative bankbenchers for teenage single mothers to...
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MPs vote to opt out of EU crime measures
The House of Commons has voted to opt out of 130 EU crime and justice measures. MPs will now decide on which powers to opt back into....
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And I believe...
Guardian cartoonist Steve Bell on the power of belief in politics.
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Duncan Smith believes he is right
In a surprising development, a government minister has claimed that he believes that he is right.
Iain Duncan Smith, the Work and Pensions Secretary, was defending himself...
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Prince Charles' tax affairs
With representatives of the Prince of Wales before the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee, Prem Sikka, Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex, has called for the Prince...
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Prime Minister tweets twitter parody account
The prime minister this morning tweeted about the national roll-out of the benefits changes.
We're rolling out a cap on Benefits today - @IDS_MP and I are determined to make work pay, and help the UK compete
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Shocking acts of opportunistic criminality
No, not the latest corporate crime revelations but a quote from the government response to the final report by the Riots, Communities and Victims...
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Women an 'afterthought' in rehabilitation revolution
The House of Commons Justice Select Committee claims the needs of women in the criminal justice system are being ignored under the government's rehabilitation revolution plans. The claim comes as the...
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How much legal aid goes to prisoners?
About £525 per claim from a total 43,780 claims, according to Full Fact.
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Open season on black boys after a verdict like this
Gary Younge writes a powerful and passionate piece on the implications of the George Zimmerman acquittal.
'Appeals for calm in the wake of such a verdict raise the
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Police still firing Tasers at chest despite heart warning
More than half of all Taser shots by British police forces hit the target's chest, new figures obtained by The Guardian, suggest. This is despite the manufacturer's own...
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G4S tags regularly fail, whistleblower claims
More woe for G4S as a former employee claims cost-cutting at the global security company caused tags to fail:
'Because they recycled the kit, it would break
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