* general election 2017

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May and Hammond speaking in Canary Wharf in east London this morning

Real wages fall – but not for the post-truth prime minister

News

Labour wants to plough billions into the NHS - but it still might not be enough

Labour NHS spending plans will “leave £7bn funding gap”

News

"There are no costings on how a lifting of the cap and the freeze would be paid for"

Labour in confusion over benefit freeze

*Blog

Jeremy Corbyn's Labour manifesto will be used as the benchmark for those wanting to replace him

Corbyn’s manifesto will bind those who seek to replace him

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"If Labour really has chosen to pursue non-voters, the strategy is working. The party is winning more of them than the Tories."

Is Labour’s strategy working? Possibly. Is it winning? No

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"Looking at the recent Scottish Borders council election results though, the scales seem tipped in the Conservatives' favour."

The Scottish election fight which could define the future of the SNP

*Blog

The Tories are now the workers' party - as long as those workers don't get ideas above their station.

Tory plans for workers’ rights deliver golden headlines at knockdown prices

Featured

MDU advises doctors on how to prevent a delayed diagnosis in prostate and testicular cancer

Doctors need time to digest the GMC’s more detailed guidance (MDG), says MDU.

The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has expressed concern that doctors will have insufficient time to read and digest the General Medical Council’s (GMC) more detailed guidance (MDG) which has been published today and comes into effect on January 30th 2024, alongside the updated version of its ethical standards Good Medical Practice. The MDGs, cover a… Read more »

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Humanists UK welcomes Ofsted’s call to tackle illegal schools and improve RE

Ofsted has called on the Government to take action on illegal schools. The call came in Ofsted’s latest annual report, published yesterday. The report also highlighted that religious education (RE) provision in English state schools is ‘not fit for purpose’, and that independent faith schools perform very badly in Ofsted inspections. Humanists UK, which has led the… Read more »