Radical scheme will look at giving regional bodies a say how billions of pounds are spent to try to cut benefits bill
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May 16
Low income families forced to spend a third of net income on housing
A shortage of private rented sector housing is putting pressure on living standards, according to a new report
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May 13
EXCLUSIVE: Paul Breeze joins City Independents
Cllr Paul Breeze, formerly unaligned, has joined the City Independents. Mr Breeze had previously, at the council budget meeting, announced his intention to stand as a City Independent at the next election in 2015, if Dave Conway remained the leader. The Birches Head and Central Forest Park councillor has written to all his electors explaining …
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May 08
One in four UK children will be living in poverty by 2020, says thinktank
One in four children in Britain – 3.4 million – will be in relative poverty by 2020, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has warned.
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Apr 09
Why zero-hours contracts remind me of the horrors of 1990s Russia
The degraded and demonised precariat is scrambling around in a twilight zone of ‘jobs’ in which they must remain on standby
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Mar 26
Leaked jobcentre newsletter urges staff to improve on sanctions targets
Fresh written proof comes as head of Jobcentre Neil Couling claimed previous leaks pointed to an isolated incident
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May 08
Labour’s lesson after Ukip: put more passion into your politics
News
by eJay
May 8, 2013
The opposition did well last week, but it now needs to be bolder, more authentic, and really put the case for borrowing to invest
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