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By Anthony Painter / @anthonypainter Three young kids - two boys and a girl - sat next to me on a train recently. They boarded at Gatwick Airport and were heading to Clapham Junction. They hadn't returned from a long weekend getaway. They…
By Wes Streeting / @wesstreeting Today's Times Education Supplement (TES) reports that a draft copy of regulations seen by the paper reveal a watering down of Michael Gove's pledge to create new powers to sack members of the BNP - and other…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk As sources close to the campaign suggest that the by-election in Oldham East is set to be very close the issue of police cuts is likely to have a real impact. During the general election the Lib Dem…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk Regular LabourList readers will remember the anger over the summer when it was announced that Theresa May planned to scrap a scheme which protects women from domestic abuse by removing their violent…
By Brian Barder [Note: The following comments on police behaviour at protest demonstrations were originally sent in an e-mail by "a young man who blogs under the handle Jamblichus" (his own description) and arose out of some comments on a…
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Rumours are spreading within the Party that Downing Street leaked the details of Jacqui Smith's resignation without informing the Home Secretary of the timing of their disclosure, leading to widespread…
