Farage vs Clegg: blood, sweat and statistics
Nigel Farage accused Nick Clegg of using tired old statistics. Clegg accused Farage of making them up. But with a chance to fish for Labour and Tory votes, perhaps both men were winners?
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A House of Lords committee report has said it is “absolutely shocked” at the scale of food waste in the EU and calls on supermarkets, farmers and individuals to do more to stop it.
Nigel Farage accused Nick Clegg of using tired old statistics. Clegg accused Farage of making them up. But with a chance to fish for Labour and Tory votes, perhaps both men were winners?
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Teenagers today are more socially engaged than previous generations but feel that negative stereotyping is affecting their chances of finding a job, according to a report.
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