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Spending Review 2013 Preview Spending Review 2013 Preview A sop to Tory backbenchers: Married couples' tax allowance back on the agenda Treasury sources have tried to dispel the possibility of a backbench battle for the married couples' tax allowance by pledging to introduce it before 2015. Spending review preview: The nightmare Osborne can't wake up from British politics' spending cuts nightmare is continuing with another bout of cuts on Wednesday. No-one wanted it to be like this. Analysis: Has Labour really accepted austerity? Ed Miliband's speech over the weekend pledged to match Tory spending levels in 2015/16. But check the fine print and the picture is more complex. Austerity: Three years to get out of 'intensive care' George Osborne is accepting that "full recovery won't be easy" by the 2015 general election, ahead of his 2015/16 spending review on Wednesday. In other news... Comment: Discriminatory, immoral & damaging to British interests – just another Theresa May policy The home secretary's immigration policy damages Britain's trade relations and portrays an ugly image across the world. Poll: Young people turn decisively against religion Young people in Britain have turned against religion, with many considering it a source of evil, a new poll suggests. Liberty: GCHQ spied on us and we're taking legal action Human rights group Liberty is taking legal action over suspicions it was targeted for surveillance. Ed Davey: We'll take onshore wind opponents seriously Ed Davey has acknowledged communities will need more incentives to help persuade them to accept onshore wind farms. 'We must be ruthless': But who's taking the lead on Lawrence family spying? The government is rejecting Labour's calls for an independent probe after it emerged Stephen Lawrence's family was spied on by undercover Metropolitan police officers. Hunted: Doctors pass no confidence motion in health secretary Doctors have overwhelmingly supported a motion of no confidence in the health secretary, in a move which is likely to further distance NHS workers from the government.	VoicetheUnion video: Why is our union different? BFAWU video: Why join our trade union? NUT: 61% of parents oppose scrapping coursework Commenting on today’s reports in the media about proposed reforms to GCSEs, Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers’ union, said: CAFH (Blue Badger) : Badger cull myths exposed in new report Blue Badger is a member of Team Badger. On the eve of a potentially devastating badger cull, Team Badger has published a report exposing the myths which underpin these misguided plans. Don’t forget about our local roads – CIHT calls for investment in UK infrastructure CIHT has submitted a letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer highlighting the important role played by transport infrastructure. CIHT specifically called for the Comprehensive Spending Review to ‘ensure that the maintenance of the local road network is sufficiently funded’. Comment from NEA on The Green Deal Comment from NEA, the national fuel poverty charity on The Green Deal: watching brief report, published today by the Energy and Climate Change Committee. Rethink: Victory for welfare campaigners as judges rule controversial disability benefits procedure is unfair Three judges have ruled that the procedure currently used by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to decide whether hundreds of thousands of people are eligible for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) disadvantages people with mental health problems, learning disabilities and autism. BHA hits out at 'scaremongering' over humanist marriages The BHA responds to Tory MP Tony Baldry's comments on humanist wedding: "In spite of some people's desperate scaremongering, the amendment does not open up legal recognition for any new weddings other than humanist ones." BFAWU: The question is can you afford not to be in a Union Workers in the UK are having their rights cynically and maliciously stolen from them by a vindictive and cruel government; but there’s an incredible number of people who don't realise what the coalition’s changes to employment law mean to them.

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