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The Labour leader is hoping to recruit a new generation of activists in one of his party’s strongest cities.
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The Conservative government want to make £4.4 billion in savings by cutting tax credits. But what exactly are they?
Right of centre.
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Until this week’s tax credits debacle, the Conservatives have performed exquisitely the role of the reasonable and pragmatic English party that swears by its faith in “whatever works”. So far, under the…
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The government’s hands are tied on taxing tampons, but there are alternatives.
Here we go again.
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Pointless pickets, factional infighting, grandstanding support for the oppressed – haven’t we been here before?
Women at the workhouse.
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The policies and rhetoric around the drive to cut the welfare bill show the persistence of a 19th century approach to relieving poverty.
Comrades in treachery: Donald Maclean (left) and Guy Burgess.
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New papers shed light on the aftermath of the dramatic flight of two of the notorious ‘Cambridge Spies’.
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China’s economy is stuttering and the slowdown is set to continue.
Stuart Rose is here to inspire you.
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The campaign to keep Britain in the European Union was officially launched on October 12. But the grand unveiling in London was entirely lacking in fizz. The idea that Britain will be stronger if it remains…
Land of hope and Tory.
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Big laughs, attacks on Corbyn but what’s the plan on Europe?
And then a step to the riiiiight.
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The Conservative Party is the Harry Houdini of British politics – it puts itself into impossible situations, apparently for the sheer thrill of it
Men, knowing what’s best for you since 1861.
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Women can still be sent to prison for life for getting a termination. It’s high time this archaic law was overturned.
A delegate at the Conservative conference prepares for battle.
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The PM has been on tour to try to renegotiate the UK’s place in Europe. Now he faces his party.
Farage and Banks: quit with them, not the other lot?
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Only one group can lead the official campaign to leave the EU and a fierce rivalry is emerging to secure the title.
How do you turn a selfie into a vote?
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The new Labour leader wants to build on new support that swept him to power.
Keeping it casual.
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Under enormous pressure from friends and enemies alike, Labour’s new leader attempted to walk a desperately difficult line.
Harder than it looks.
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Can the party remember what it stands for at its annual conference?
Standing up straight.
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It seems Jeremy Corbyn’s new shadow chancellor knew better than to get bogged down in specifics so soon.
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Why Twitter went wild for stories from David Cameron’s university days.
Corbyn is well-known as an anti-austerity campaigner.
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The new Labour leader’s arrival coincides with a new phase in European politics – the rise of the left.