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"The party deserves credit for finally biting the bullet"

Tax rate changes are a smart move by the SNP

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"The High Court today found that the policy was unlawful and that sleeping rough does not constitute an abuse of EU free movement rights"

Home Office defeated at the High Court over deportations of EU rough sleepers

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"Democracy isn't about one-day of voting"

There’s another way of doing Brexit

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"This is the contempt that far too many councils show for homeless people and benefit claimants"

Contempt for tenants and unscrupulous private landlords: Inside council housing offices

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"The danger the hardliners are presenting to themselves is that by their own, increasingly fluid and ever-moving parameters, they will never be happy"

Hard Brexiteers will never be happy

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"The sad logic of game theory suggests that a far more likely outcome is the re-emergence of some kind of border between Northern Ireland and the Republic"

The Irish border and the revenge of Game Theory

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"MPs must stand up for democracy and vote for parliament to have the strongest possible final say on the deal"

The biggest week yet in Brexit politics

All eyes should be on Westminster in the coming days

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"The government said the funds would help over 19,000 victims of domestic violence and provide 2,200 bed spaces"

The truth about May’s £20m fund for women’s refuges

Investigation reveals that nearly a third of projects chosen to receive the funds are yet to see it

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"A new cross-party group of parliamentarians was launched this month with the mission of improving the lot of the wrongly convicted"

Miscarriages of justice are devastating for those involved – now’s the time to push for change

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"From a British perspective, the early 2020s represent a perfect time to hold a border poll"

Have we gone through all this for a border that might not exist when we leave the EU?

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"We have not been sold down a river. We have decided to leave well-protected structures and alternatives will not come easy"

No, the Brexit deal hasn’t just ‘sold the country down the river’

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"It means an estimated 2,058 more women and 2,202 more children trying to escape domestic abuse will have nowhere to turn to"

Govt changes to funding for women’s refuges could be devastating for victims

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"It allows Ruth Davidson, once again, to argue that she's "standing up for Scotland"

Brexit: Irish border row provides Ruth Davidson with opportunity to flex her muscles

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"Despite their lead in the polls, Labour cannot rest on its laurels and take the women's vote for granted."

Tory policies have hit women hardest – it’s no wonder they are turning to Labour

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"The UK's Snoopers' Charter has been billed as one of the most intrusive of its kind anywhere in the Western world"

Super-spy search engine still being pursued in the shadows

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"The Labour leader's performance outpolled May among all age groups up to 64 year olds"

Question Time leaders special might have swung the election

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"Improving - and actively supporting - the justice system is critical if Iraq is to avoid another terrible descent into violence."

Isis is on the ropes in Iraq. Now the UK needs to push for justice

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"Our strategy on the future of work, health and disability brings together employers, the welfare system and health services"

Our ten-year plan to stop disabled people missing out on work

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"There's no good reason to suppose that the UK will receive any sort of special treatment from Trump"

Trump isn’t the ally you’re looking for – Brexiters threw their lot in with the wrong man

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