Gary Gibbon
Welfare cap goes national
Is the benefits cap being rolled out nationally just before the proverbial guano hits the ventilation in the pilots?
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Which ministers pay workers a London living wage?
A trophy for the best, a mop and bucket for the worst – campaigners go to Whitehall to expose which departments are paying workers a London living wage.
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Gary Gibbon
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Tyson Gay Adidas contract suspended after doping reports
Adidas suspends its contract with Tyson Gay following reports he has failed a drugs test, as the debate around athletics and doping reopens.
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Universal credit: the winners and losers
It is meant to make work pay, but a new report says universal credit could mean that some families with children end up with less money in their pockets.
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FactCheck: Cameron wrong again on ‘bedroom tax’ detail
“Spare room subsidy” or “bedroom tax”? Call it what you want, but confusion still reigns about some of the detail… or at least it does on the government front bench.
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Breaking IVF barriers – Britain a world leader once again
With Britain seemingly set to be the first country to approve babies with three parents, what makes the UK such fertile ground for IVF innovation?
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Huge victory for US gay rights after landmark court ruling
In two historic rulings, the US Supreme Court strikes down the law defining marriage as strictly between men and women and allows gay marriages in California to go ahead.
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Is the truth in here? MoD’s final UFO files revealed
Dog abductions, new planets and aliens living in your home – the latest and final release of the Ministry of Defence’s “UFO files” documents public claims of encounters “of the third kind”.
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Will politicians ever get the UK public to swallow GM food?
Environment minister Owen Paterson says genetically modified crops will “improve human health and the environment.” GM science may be in danger of lagging behind in the UK, but is the public bothered?
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Immigration rules ‘causing anguish’, separating families
The new minimum income threshold of £18,600 has forced separation between thousands of British citizens and their families, says a cross-party group of MPs, which is calling for an urgent review.
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Attention! Troops fast-tracked to teachers in two years
Former soldiers with no degree can enrol to train in schools from next year – and become qualified in half the normal time – under a government drive to bring a military ethos to the classroom.
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Would Ed Miliband’s social security plans work?
Ed Miliband promises a Labour government would create a “fair and sustainable” social security system – but would his policies work?
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Half a million people turn to food banks to survive
The numbers of people relying on food banks to survive has exploded in the UK in what is being described as a “national disgrace”, as Cordelia Lynch reports.
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Anti-gay marriage rally keeps debate alive in France
Thousands take to the streets of Paris in opposition of the French government’s legalisation of gay marriage last week in a final show of force, after months of debate that has hugely divided France.
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Anti-Muslim backlash soars in wake of Woolwich murder
The murder of soldier Lee Rigby has provoked a backlash of anger across the UK, including the attacking of mosques, racial abuse and comments made on social media.
