
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk
* Research from the TUC suggests that youth unemployment is on the rise across the country.
* The Indie reports on the “racket” that is social housing.
* An anti-terrorism advert has been banned as it may be “offensive”.
* Gordon Brown urges Brits to give to Pakistan.
* David Cameron says that he’s middle class.
* Cabinet Secretary Gus O’Donnell isn’t quitting. Yet….
* The Guardian discovers which ministers run the biggest (and smallest) offices.
* And Simon Jenkins says that the British left is in a mess.


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