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Asylum seekers are being rejected by UKBA on 'patently spurious grounds', which leads to costly appeals.

‘Patently spurious grounds’: How UKBA rejects asylum claims

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Philippa McIntyre: 'The government's priority should be to ensure people fleeing atrocities and persecution can get the protection they need at this moment.'

Comment: Moving the asylum system offshore is not the answer

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Laura Perrins: 'It is time for MPs to stand up for the average British family; isn't this what they are there to do?'

Comment: The coalition has failed stay-at-home mums again

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Liz Tyson: 'It has taken six years and has included working groups, public consultations, parliamentary debates and even the threat of judicial review to get to this point.'

Comment: The show must not go on for wild animals in the circus

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Keith Porteous Wood, Executive Director of the National Secular Society

Comment: Section 5 threatens free speech and legitimate protest outside Thatcher’s funeral

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Looking presidential: Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher had a famously close relationship.

Of prime ministers and presidents: Thatcher’s forgotten legacy

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Whitehall could be opening its doors to young people without a university education.

Civil service opens up to those who skip university

A new Civil Service scheme will recruit young people who did not go to university for jobs across several government departments, such as in Whitehall.

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The Political Week Online: Thatcher, Thatcher and Thatcher

The death of Margaret Thatcher, the first female prime minister in all of Europe, not just Great Britain, divided the United while the world mourned a global leader.

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