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Police officers stand outside HMP Birmingham in December 2016 after a disturbance. A specialist riot squad known as the Tornado Team were deployed to quell the trouble. Copyright: PA.

How ministers left the prison system on its knees… and got away with it

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The parliamentary standards committee found Paisley guilty of "serious misconduct" for failing to declare £50,000 of family holidays paid for by the Sri Lankan government. Copyright: PA.

Paisley recall fight: Can the DUP man survive?

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EU migrant numbers are falling because Brand Britain is damaged

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Finding identity: University provides a key gap between childhood and adulthood. Copyright: iStock I Domnicky

Week in Review: Escape to university as soon as you can

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Comic war: The WW2 metaphors long ago ran out of control

‘Appeasers’ vs ‘traitors’: WW2 rhetoric shows we’re losing our grip in the Brexit debate

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Globalisation and social media have speeded-up a social fragmentation process I Copyright: iStock/spfoto

Coming undone: How echo chambers Balkanised society

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Land of unicorns: Political debate increasingly untethered from reality

The land of unicorns: How magical thinking conquered British politics

Brexit has triggered a dangerous new trend where political debate comes unhinged from objective fact.

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Homelessness has soared under the Tory govt

Govt homelessness drive unravels within hours

Some of the money intended to eradicate homelessness was already announced, some of it was coming from other spending areas

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Processed: British citizens in the EU have to work their way through European systems

Bottleneck on Brits residency applications in Europe as Brexit looms

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Deselection: Moderates view tactic as Corbyn plot, but it can be used across party I Copyright: iStock/Gazometr

A tactic for all: Time for moderates to embrace deselection

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Backlash against the hostile environment. Copyright: iStock I Mark Hubskyi

Threat of mass eviction sparks Glasgow backlash against hostile environment

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Boris Johnson has been told to apologise for his comments on the burqa by the chairman of the Tory party. Copyright: PA

Burqa scandal: It’s time to call Boris Johnson out

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Eviction threat: Court system churns through cases Copyright: iStock/comzeal

Eviction nation: The hidden reality of court possession hearings

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Tied together by weakness: Theresa May and Arlene Foster during a visit to Belleek pottery factory I Copyright: PA

Utter failure: DUP increasingly doomed despite Tory team-up

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Protest against the government's austerity measures in London, June 2014

Week in Review: The pain of austerity continues

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EU citizens who made their home in the UK have been living in limbo for over 760 days | Copyright: iStock

‘You’re safe here … until you’re not’: EU citizens in the UK are fighting for their rights

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Communities are no longer waiting for weak politicians to solve their problems

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UK border control sign | Copyright: PA

Brexit could lead to a new generation of ‘Skype families’

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Prison crisis: Have we reached a turning point?

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