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Comment: Govt need to U-turn on planning

Craig Bennett is policy and campaigns director for Friends of the Earth.

A planning system principally aimed at promoting economic growth is completely unacceptable.

The political week on Twitter

The week's best political tweets in one handy location.

The week's best political tweets in one handy location.

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The week in politics: Troublemakers return to Westminster

MPs returned to Westminster after the long summer recess

You wait for an interesting political story to come along... and 17 arrive at once.

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David Cameron's education speech in full

David Cameron argues for committed schools reform

Prime minister David Cameron has delivered a speech on education in Norwich, in which he suggests that truants could cost parents their benefits.

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Association of Personal Injury Lawyers: Govt should stop unsolicited calls to injured people

Association of Personal Injury Lawyers: Govt should stop unsolicited calls to injured people

Karl Tonks, vice-president of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers, highlights importance of transparency and calls for an end to unsolicited contact of injured people.

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ABI: Ban on referral fees welcome

ABI: Ban on referral fees welcome

Otto Thoresen, Association of British Insurers director general, welcomes government ban on referral fees to tackle 'dysfunctional compensation system'.

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Justice minister: We will not stop in quest to end 'compensation culture'

Justice minister: We will not stop in quest to end 'compensation culture'

Jonathan Djanogly, justice minister, pledges to go further than banning referral fees in attempt to curb 'compensation culture'.

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Labour shadow justice minister: Blanket referral fee ban not answer

Labour shadow justice minister: Blanket referral fee ban not answer

Andy Slaughter, Labour's shadow justice minister, questions why the government ban applies to all referral fees.

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