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"My claim is I believe we are right that what we say is people who were notified of the cap.... are going to seek work where they did not seek work before." - Iain Duncan Smith Right-wing restlessness Manic Street Preachers start legal action after EDL use anti-fascist song Indie band Manic Street Preachers are understood to be starting legal action after the far-right English Defence league (EDL) used one of their songs to promote a demonstration in Birmingham. Ukip forever: Farage surge refuses to die down A new clutch of opinion polls has shown support for Ukip is refusing to dissipate, despite a decline in media coverage. Tories call for pregnant teenagers to lose housing benefit rights Tory backbenchers are risking resuscitating the party's 'nasty' tag today, as they put the finishing touches on a package of policy measures which includes harsh conditions on housing benefit for teenage mothers. WIN! WIN! WIN! Competition: Win a boxset of Aaron Sorkin's The Newsroom The complete first season of Aaron Sorkin's The Newsroom is out on Blu-ray and DVD from July 22nd and we're giving three Politics.co.uk readers a chance to win a copy. Coalition unrest First strike: Tories hit 'reckless' Lib Dems before Trident review Defence secretary Philip Hammond has branded his Liberal Democrat colleagues "reckless" for considering a downgrade to Britain's nuclear deterrent. An act of faith? IDS 'believes' benefit cap will force workshy to find jobs Iain Duncan Smith placed his political credibility on the line this morning, as the coalition's benefit cap finally comes into force across the country. NHS death toll: Ten times worse than you thought Up to 13,000 NHS patients could have died unnecessarily at England's worst trusts since 2005, according to an explosive report out this week. Labour unrest Miliband concedes union reforms will cost Labour dear Ed Miliband has accepted his move against the trade unions is a "gamble", following the latest veiled warning from Unite's Len McCluskey. A brotherly warning: Tories could win overall majority, David Miliband tells Ed Ed Miliband should not bank on a coalition deal if he fails to win an overall majority in 2015, his brother David Miliband has warned. And finally... Cocaine in the Commons: Parliament embarrassed by drug revelation Traces of cocaine have been found in toilets on the parliamentary estate.	McCluskey: Ed Miliband can make Labour the political party people need Len McCluskey, leader of the UK’s biggest union, Unite, will use his speech at the historic Durham Miners’ Gala today (Saturday) to call upon Labour to renew its connection to working people by delivering a genuine alternative to the government’s ruinous austerity programme. ESRC: 'What Works Centre for Local Economic Growth' The ESRC is delighted to announce the funding of the new independent 'What Works Centre for Local Economic Growth'. NUT and NASUWT confirm next phase of industrial action The two largest teacher unions, the NASUWT and the NUT, representing nine out of ten teachers, are today confirming the next phase of their jointly coordinated campaign to Protect Teachers and Defend Education. IET: Army officer receives prestigious engineering award for leadership in Afghanistan An officer in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) has been recognised for her leadership and innovation during operations in Afghanistan. RSPCA: Baby gull plucked from nest and thrown from roof The RSPCA is urging greater tolerance of gulls this summer holidays after a baby gull was thrown from the top of a two-storey department store and killed. CPAG: Low wages and Universal Credit in danger of locking families into poverty Alison Garnham, Chief Executive of Child Poverty Action Group, responds to the findings of a Joseph Rowntree Foundation report on Universal Credit published today. MRSA Action UK: Accounting for the reductions in MRSA and C.diff flawed - these are lives, not numbers Public Health England figures show that trends over the last two years reveal that there is a direct correlation between the hospital and community apportioned cases of both Clostridium difficile and MRSA bloodstream infections. BHA: Legal humanist marriages move one step closer The government has today brought forward a proposal for regulations that would give legal recognition to humanist marriages in England and Wales. The proposal is being made as an amendment to the Same Sex Marriage Bill currently in the House of Lords and comes in the wake of overwhelming cross-party support for legal recognition expressed by peers from all parties at the previous reading of the Bill.

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