Wes Streeting says cutting 50 calories a day will solve obesity and save the NHS. That’s bad politics, bad science and classic neoliberal blame-shifting. In
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As The Guardian has reported in the last hour, Stephen Timms told the Commons after 5 pm with regard to the Bill delivering benefit reforms:
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With apologies (but not many) for repeating this theme: Labour sees the problems we face. It talks about them. Then it washes its hands and
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I received this data from Hargreaves Lansdown, the financial advisor, in an email this morning: Only 17% of people think the state pension will still
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There has been quite a lot of discussion here over the last few days about the merits of writing letters to MPs, although I use
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I have spent nearly a year criticising Labour in office. Before its arrival in office, I spent a lot of time criticising Labour’s campaign to
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Labour is cutting disability benefits to balance Rachel Reeves’ budget, while handing billions in tax breaks to the rich. I explain why this is morally
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I have given one or two warnings about Trump and his economic policies since he was inaugurated earlier this year. One of my predictions was
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