Monday, 13 October 2014

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"In international relations, gestures count."

MPs vote on Palestine

Comment: Palestine is a state – and a prison

Edward McMillan-Scott (l) discusses the peace process with Mustafa Barghouti and John Kerry in Ramallah

Whatever the outcome of the vote in the House of Commons, Palestine is a state but it is also a prison.

A vote against a Palestinian state is a vote for terrorism

A Palestinian boy sits on the rubble of a destroyed building following an Israeli air strike in the center of Gaza City on July 22, 2014

We have to show Palestinians a peaceful route to statehood - or else we hand them to Hamas

Election 2015

Why aren't the Greens in the TV election debate?

Farage is included in TV debates - but the Green party's Natalie Bennett is left out

Leaving out the Greens while including Ukip is a disgraceful error of judgement from the broadcasters

NHS strike

NHS strike: A walkout by people who care about you

NHS workers strike outside University College Hospital in central London

'Give us more pay,' the NHS workers strike today is supposedly going, 'or the patients get it'. The truth about the conduct of these compassionate, caring workers couldn't be more different.

What exactly is David Axelrod doing for Labour?

Comment: What exactly is David Axelrod doing for Labour?

David Axelrod: Did Labour get stars in their eyes when they appointed him?

The US strategist was hired for a reported six-figure salary.... but he's nowhere to be seen

Ukip's revolution

Week in Review: Why Westminster just doesn't get it

Time up for Westminster? Political parties just don't get it.

Ukip's surge isn't about Labour, Tories or Lib Dems. Voters can barely tell them apart.

Prepare for the Ukip civil war

The Carswell and Farage show: Tensions will bubble to the surface

Douglas Carswell presents an existential threat - not just to the Tory party, but also to Ukip

No-one is safe: Ukip's revolution takes Westminster

Carswell kisses his wife during a dramatic night in British politics which saw him win Clacton for Ukip

Ukip has proved it is as dangerous to Labour as the Tories, after it elected it first MP and came within a whisker's breadth of depriving Labour of a seat

Women teachers facing discrimination and inequality

Women teachers say they are being denied their contractual entitlements on pay and working conditions, a conference organised by the NASUWT, the largest teachers’ union, has heard.

Scottish Budget: Tax advisers pleased to see back of ‘slab system’ for taxing property sales

The UK’s leading tax institute has commented on the announcement of the first rates for Scotland’s Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT), made in the Scottish Government’s Draft Budget, published today.

Cameron's Offer of ‘Jam’ Tomorrow

On the face of it, raising the tax threshold sounds great, but the problem is this; when you earn so little, tax really isn't the problem. It’s the amount that you earn that is the real issue.

House purchase lending in August down 3% on July

New CML data on the characteristics of lending in August show that lending declined slightly compared to July, the first month-on-month drop in house purchase lending volume since February this year.

CML welcomes FPC's view on Help to Buy

We welcome the financial policy committee's (FPC) view that the chancellor does not need to make any changes to the Help to Buy mortgage guarantee scheme.

Clegg announcement on introduction of maximum waiting times for mental health is a ‘watershed moment’ says charity

Millions of lives could be improved by the introduction of the first ever maximum waiting times for NHS mental health services, according to the charity Rethink Mental Illness.

Act now to prepare for higher rates!

No-one knows for sure when the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee will make its first decision to raise interest rates, but there some practical steps that people can take now to help prepare for it.

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