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‘Bedroom tax’ – one year on, is it working?
It is 12 months since the government removed its spare room subsidy, dubbed the “bedroom tax” by critics. It is designed to save money and free up under-occupied homes, so what effect has it had?
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Kate Bush tickets: we need to check you are human
From Cloudbusting to Captcha crunching: how the chase for Kate Bush tickets made us pine for days spent queuing in the cold, writes Anna Doble.
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Should Labour be doffing its welfare cap to IDS? – FactCheck
Iain Duncan Smith has been on the airwaves justifying the welfare cap, claiming he’s stopping Labour’s out-of-control spending. Is he justified?
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‘Difficult, if not impossible’ for Scotland to join the EU
The European Commission president says member states are unlikely to agree to a newly independent Scotland joining the EU. The Scottish government says his comments are “preposterous”.
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#UKfloods: your pictures
From the sandbagged in Surrey to the Somerset evacuees: victims of the floods are documenting the worst of the storms.
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Britons better off? Cameron says pay is rising
The Conservatives are taking on Labour in the “cost of living crisis” debate, saying that statistics show take-home pay has risen over the last year. But Labour disputes the figures.
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Lib Dems divided amid threats of legal action
Lord Rennard threatens to sue the Lib Dems after being suspended, while one of the women who says the peer sexually harassed her, also raises the prospect of legal action.
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Rennard suspended from Lib Dems
After Lord Rennard’s membership of the Lib Dems is suspended, pending a disciplinary procedure, his spokesman says he is considering legal action against the party if the decision is not reversed.
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Clegg: ‘Chinese style’ welfare reforms penalise young people
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg launches an assault on “Chinese-style” welfare reforms being floated by the Tories.
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British doctor dies in Syrian prison
A British surgeon who was imprisoned for a year by Syrian security forces while helping casualties of war is found dead in a prison cell.
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Coalition’s benefit reforms are on track – Duncan Smith
Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith rejects claims that the introduction of the government’s flagship universal credit reforms is in chaos.
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RBS avoids split by fencing off assets into ‘bad bank’
Royal Bank of Scotland is to create an internal “bad bank” with £38bn of problem assets. In another development, RBS and Barclays have suspended several foreign exchange traders.
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Salmond would delay Trident deal until 2016
SNP Leader Alex Salmond says a final deal on removing Trident nuclear submarines under an independent Scotland would be delayed until 2016 – and be conditional on his party being re-elected.
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‘We are sick and tired,’ teachers tell Michael Gove
Tens of thousands of teachers strike over pay and pensions across England, and to tell Education Secretary Michael Gove they are “sick and tired” of his “relentless attacks” on the profession.
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Royal Mail share price rises sharply on debut
Shares in Royal Mail increase significantly on the first day of trading on the stock market, renewing fears that the company has been under-valued by the government.