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Crime
Ministers are delivering on a vow to get tough on sentencing, according to today's Sun: "Tough justice: lags getting longest sentences in 20 years" It's true that the average sentence … Read
Frances O'Grady compared Britain to a "Downton Abbey-style society" where "social mobility has hit reverse" in her TUC Congress address. The result of this, she said, was that: "Whether it's … Read
According to a leaflet distributed to households in Scotland by the Better Together campaign, Scotland could face higher food bills in the event of independence. This, they claim, is because … Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Spotlight on social mobility. How can we define it, how it has changed over time and how mobility in the UK compares to other countries. Read
Europe
"Now kettles face EU ban" according to the front page of today's Express. The article itself was more equivocal, saying the EU executive had commissioned a report which "sets out … Read
Wormwood Scrubs prison is unsafe, unclean, and overcrowded according to a report by the Prison Inspector. The Prison Service has two standards on crowding. One states the number of inmates … Read
Infant class sizes are due to be discussed in Parliament today as part of a debate brought by the opposition. The most recent figures from the Department for Education show … Read
Education
This morning Nick Clegg said his flagship universal free school meals policy was better at raising outcomes than some literacy and numeracy schemes. We take a closer look at the impact of the pilot. Read
Last Friday, the BBC published an article claiming: 'The UK's Office for National Statistics (ONS) says Mohammed was the most common name parents gave to baby boys in England and … Read
The Daily Mail reported yesterday that up to 2,000 illegal immigrants, mainly Africans and Asians, had arrived in Calais - migrants who it said "will be able to claim benefits … Read
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