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The Prime Minister has reportedly called for emergency talks to discuss an additional £1.7 billion payment the UK has been told it has to pay into the European Union budget. … Read
Education
On the face of it, today's GCSE results figures are alarming: the proportion of pupils getting five A*-C grades, including English and Maths, fell from 59.2% last year to 52.6% … Read
Via Twitter: "Liam Byrne at #spru says something like half of global (presumably biz) R&D is in the hands of 1400 companies. Is this true?" Liam Byrne has used this … Read
Economy, Business & Finance
"Workers on the minimum wage will be worse off if Ed Miliband implements a plan to increase the rate to £8 an hour" The Telegraph, 20 October 2014 It's a … Read
Education
The Mirror and Independent yesterday reported on new figures compiled by the Labour party, which the Mirror claimed show free schools to be "an expensive flop". Labour's analysis looks at … Read
Immigration
"British politicians need to be bolder in confronting some of the myths about immigration". So said the Times (£) last week in a leader article calling for politicians to confront … Read
Health
This morning it emerged that four out of five English hospitals inspected by the Care Quality Commission had been given an 'inadequate' or 'requires improvement' judgement on their safety levels … Read
Economy, Business & Finance
"the minimum wage under this Government is going up, and going up in real terms" David Cameron, Prime Minister's Questions, 15 October 2014 Amidst yesterday's furore over comments made by … Read
Health
The consensus among experts is that switching to e-cigarettes has significant health benefits for smokers, although the safety of different models might vary. There are also concerns that they might … Read
Health
Thousands of NHS staff, including nurses, midwives and ambulance staff went on strike today in a dispute over pay. The latest figures show that the average pay for NHS staff … Read
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