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Months of strikes could lie ahead – 8 in the morning, April 1st

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By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982

* Months of strikes could lie ahead if the public sector is to bare the brunt of spending cuts, Brendan Barber has said.

* In a speech yesterday, Gordon Brown said immigration is not out of control.

* 93% of parliamentary candidates do not feature the Prime Minister on their election leaflets, reports the Sun.

* People aged in their 60s and 70s are around five times more likely to be diagnosed with skin cancer than their parents were 30 years ago, a new analysis of figures has showed.

* “Change” is more than just a word, writes Steve Richards of the Tories in the New Statesman.

* Peter Kenyon is scrutinising the selection process in Stoke Central.

* Check out some of the 1,000 entries to Labour’s #PeoplePoster campaign…

* Here’s a selection of some of the best April Fools in today’s press…

Alex is the founder and CEO of The Cares Family. He was editor and first director of LabourList in 2009-2010, during which time he established the site as the number one Labour blog, and later an aide to Ed Miliband.

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