Friday, 24 January 2014

Numbers fly in cost-of-living battle - politics.co.uk

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"The Tories are pretty desperate to get off this agenda because they know our message is getting through."

Friday news

Stats warfare: Numbers fly in cost-of-living battle

We may, or may not, be starting to get better off again. Maybe.

Labour's general election strategy of focusing on cost-of-living issues is coming under fire from the government, which is insisting wages are now rising faster than inflation.

'Reshoring': Why Cameron won't give up on the west

David Cameron in defiant mode

David Cameron defies the rise of eastern superpowers like China and India at the World Economic Forum in Davos

EU referendum bill's agonisingly slow death continues in the Lords

House of Lords aren't likely to accept the EU referendum bill. At all.

Tory bid to secure an EU referendum faces an impossibly tough test in the Lords

Labour on the march to criminalise soldier insults

Reports have emerged of soldiers being turned away from bars

A verbal assault against armed forces personnel and their relatives could become a criminal offence if Labour gets into government.

Buying whistleblowers' silence: 'Gagging clauses' exposed

Public sector waste could be being covered up by confidentiality clauses

Staff concerns about patient and child safety are being covered up by confidentiality clauses

Comment picks

Comment: Attacking clergy should be made a hate crime

Clare George-Hilley: 'Time and time again we have seen political parties turn a blind eye to the key pillars of British communities'

Two hundred members of the clergy have been violently assaulted over the last five years. We need to ramp up the penalties for this attack on the religious.

Comment: The territorial army can sort out jobless young people

Godfrey Bloom: 'We no longer have a society which understands 'pro bono publico'. That was killed by the welfare state.'

The TA offers full training and pay -so why aren't there queues outside the recruitment centre?

"New EU targets are useful as they put a peg in the ground" says IET

The European Commission has outlined its plans for climate and energy policy until 2030. Read IET comment here.

Selective Catholic school admissions policy decision quashed over "arguable error"

‘Inconsequential technicality’ leads to quashing of schools adjudicator decision on London Oratory School.

Selective Catholic school admissions policy decision quashed over "arguable error"

‘Inconsequential technicality’ leads to quashing of schools adjudicator decision on London Oratory School.

Tree of Hope: "Piece of the Puzzle, Autism Awareness Shoe"

The "Piece of the Puzzle, Autism Awareness Shoe" has been created especially for Blossom For Children and Tree of Hope.

More long term support needed for families displaced by flooding say researchers

Planning for the emotional aftermath of devastating floods is as important as the immediate impact of such emergencies.

"Warm words" on mental health from Nick Clegg welcome - but the reality is budget cuts

Comment on Nick Clegg Mental health speech from charity Rethink Mental Illness.

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