Friday, 25 July 2014

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Best of news

Brave New World: Even the UN is open to drug decriminalisation

The UN: The bastion of drug criminalisation is starting to change its approach

The body set up to enforce the world's drugs laws admits decriminalisation is an "alternative" to prohibition

Privatisation admission shows Grayling misled the Commons

Grayling misled the Commons when he denied a lottery system was in place for probation services

New evidence emerges that Chris Grayling misled the Commons when he denied that a lottery system was used to move probation staff to private firms

Almost all universities now charge £9,000 tuition fees

Students protesting against higher fees

Ministers promised maximum fees would be the 'exception not the rule'

Govt blockaded as protestors take Gaza fight to Whitehall

Protestors got inside the building and put up sheets of papers with the names of the Gaza dead

Department for Business blockaded over its continued military contracts with Israel, as UK abstains from UN war crimes vote

UK government approved supply of lethal chemicals to Syria

UN inspector tests the site of a suspected Syrian chemical attack.

Government attacked for 'irresponsible' decision to approve licences.

Boris Johnson's estuary airport unlikely to be shortlisted by Airports Commission

It could take decades to relocate birds from the estuary and thousands would die out, new report finds.

European environmental directives set to scupper Johnson's scheme.

Tory support plunges following reshuffle

No reshuffle bounce for Cameron

Series of polls fail to detect any post-reshuffle bounce.

Nick Griffin ousted as BNP leader

Nick Griffin: Going back where he came from.

Griffin replaced by disgraced former teacher Adam Walker.

Best of Comment and Analysis

The Labour party should let Miliband be Miliband

Ed Miliband today sought to tackle his image problem.

The Labour leader's speech today revealed the real source of Ed Miliband's image problem.

Raising speed limits for lorries is evidence-free policy at its worst

Thirty people injured and one person died at this crash on the M5 in 2012

Government experts say it will make roads more dangerous.

Why the Tories are not benefiting from the economic recovery

George Osborne: Not feeling the benefit of the recovery.

Conservatives still seen as the party for the rich.

Immigrant stories: The minister's cleaner

Mark Harper: Brought back into government as Isabella Acevedo is put in a detention centre

The story of Mark Harper's cleaner, in her own words

Comment: Where have all the political giants gone?

Churchill by his vintage Land Rover

Our political class runs away from the tough decisions and hides problems under the carpet

How Britain profits from the attack on Gaza

 Palestinian boy sits on the rubble of a destroyed building following an Israeli air strike earlier today. Air strikes killed at least seven people in Gaza, including five members of the same family, an emergency services spokesman said.

The complex web of Israeli-British military contracts which silences our criticism of the attack on Gaza

Comment: Cameron's weakness led to the shooting down of MH17

Putin has out-played Cameron from the beginning

Putin has outplayed Cameron from the beginning. This is what happens when a Russian gangster confronts a spoiled Etonian.

Major report outlines plan to defuse ‘ticking time bomb of myopic management’

Commission on Management and Leadership issues rallying call for a Better Managed Britain.

Prime Minister challenged on ballot announcement

NASUWT comments on reports today that the Conservative Party will include in its manifesto a threshold of 50% member turnout in trade union ballots before they will be considered lawful.

Sustained law enforcement investigations rather than internet blocks are the best way to tackle internet sex offenders

“The arrest of 660 suspected paedophiles by the National Crime Agency (NCA) and the safeguarding of hundreds of vulnerable children is welcome news”.

Jail for Birmingham man who kept starving dogs in squalid kennels

Bull breed dog and puppies left starving and dehydrated finally find their happy ending thanks to RSPCA.

Twelve weeks on from MMR: what happens next?

Subtle, but not dramatic – that was our verdict on the impact of the mortgage market review (MMR) when we published our lending data for May.

Gymnasts under pressure at higher risk of eating disorders

Many elite gymnasts are preoccupied with weight and body shape, with some scoring well above average for eating disorder symptoms, say researchers from Swansea University.

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