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It's the final day of 2014 - and politicos up and down the country are bracing for a busy year that, alarmingly, begins in just a few hours' time. Pause for breath, everyone... and happy new year. To 2014Drugs, Ukip and a prisoner book ban: Our most-read articles of 2014![]() Dodgy government plans you probably don't know about and outrageous comments from fringe parties: these are what the readers of Politics.co.uk got most excited about in 2014. 2014 was the year the two main political parties died![]() British politics is now defined by its smallest parties Some New Year's Eve newsPrisoner book ban enemy Carol Ann Duffy honoured![]() Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, who protested against justice secretary Chris Grayling's ban on prisoners receiving books earlier this year, has been made a dame in the new year's honour's list. To 2015How to steal the youth vote in Britain![]() They're critical to deciding the next general election - but will any of the political parties actually do what they must to win over young voters? Reverse honeymoon: SNP lead widens following Jim Murphy selection![]() Murphy's selection fails to stem rise of SNP in Scotland. Labour are losing votes to the Greens and they don't know why![]() Ed Miliband's anti-Green strategy appears to be backfiring Unpicking the secret of Nigel Farage's appeal![]() Nigel Farage looks, sounds and feels annoyed with the way things are. For the people who also feel this way he has become a beacon. Learning to let go: How opening up parties could save them![]() The Conservative and Labour parties are dying a painfully slow death – but there is a way out, a report out today suggests. | Alarm as cosmetics ban claim referred to ECJFears it could prove major setback to animal welfare. Labour pledge to legalise humanist marriages as Government blocks proposals, disappointing thousands of couplesThe Labour Party has today pledged to give legal recognition to humanist marriages if returned to power next year, as the government publish a report blocking Liberal Democrat party policy for reform. Advisers welcome common sense approach on digital firms’ VAT but warn uncertainty will remainTax advisers have welcomed a government move1 which will save thousands of small businesses needing to register for European VAT on digital services from having to charge their customers UK VAT, provided their relevant turnover remains below the £81,000 threshold CML publishes new market forecastsLooking ahead over the next two years, housing and mortgage market developments appear well supported by relatively favourable economic fundamentals. RSPCA shakes up ChristmasThought-provoking video homage to festive classic set to shock. "Teacher recruitment and retention on the precipice of a crisis" NASUWT tells pay review bodyThe NASUWT, the largest teachers’ union in the UK, is today giving oral evidence to the School Teachers’ Review Body (Review Body) to argue for a substantial above-inflation pay award for teachers in 2015/16. Call to end the exploitation of agency workersPoliticians must show they are serious about cracking down on the exploitation of agency workers, including supply teachers, NASUWT, the largest teachers’ union in the UK, has said. |
