* general election 2015

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Osborne prepares to present his Budget to the Commons

Labour’s meekness has given Osborne the cover to savage the working poor

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Alienation: The baffling results of UK elections did little to convince Chinese students of the value of democracy

Comment: The UK election was so unfair it put my Chinese students off democracy

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Owning a home, going on holiday: If Labour listens to the people of Nuneaton, it'll be better placed to win next time

Comment: If Labour wants to win again it must learn from what happened in Nuneaton

News

Nikileaks: Former Scottish secretary admits Sturgeon leak

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Ed Miliband, Nigel Farage and Nick Clegg: Two down, one out

Pick of the Week: Ukip down and Labour out

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Chuka Umunna announces his leadership bid in Swindon

Umunna stands for Labour leadership – but is there content behind the surface?

*Comment & Analysis

Tory victory: But social workers will still care for the disenfranchised

Comment: Whatever the election result, we social workers will stand up for the disenfranchised

Featured

BASC given permission to bring judicial review of Defra decision

The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has been granted permission by the High Court to bring a judicial review of Defra’s decision to withdraw the general licence (GL43) that allowed the release of gamebirds in certain areas of England. BASC’s ‘Fighting Fund’ is being used to support the High Court challenge. BASC chief executive Ian… Read more »

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Concern over doctors’ health needs as legislation to regulate PAs and AAs introduced

Long overdue legislation setting out the regulatory framework for physician assistants (PAs) and anaesthesia assistants (AAs) has been published today. Commenting on the legislation, Dr Michael Devlin, head of professional standards and liaison at the MDU said: “This important piece of legislation not only introduces much needed regulation for PAs and AAs, it will also be… Read more »

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Turns out Farage isn't quitting after all

Farage’s fake promise to quit shows he’s as slippery as any politician

Ukip leader Nigel Farage’s promise to quit if he didn’t win South Thanet appears to have been more of a aspiration

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Delegates to the Scottish Labour party conference listen in silence. The fiery debates which used to typify conferences are a thing of the past.

Until Labour becomes democratic, it doesn’t deserve your membership

Labour could turn itself into a grassroots movement channeling the passion of potential supporters – but its control freakery stops it even trying. The defeat of general election 2015 will happen again unless it gets radical.

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