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Norman Baker: 'When we face a new threat to our country from terrorist organisations, is a nuclear deterrent designed for the Cold War era still relevant?'

Comment: Trident’s renewal is an expensive vanity project

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David Meacock: 'Please don't feel guilty about betraying the Conservative party, they've already betrayed you – and without a care.'

Comment: If you oppose HS2, you have to vote Ukip

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Ukip defeated the Tory candidate in the Humberston and New Waltham council by-election, gaining their second seat.

Pressure on Tories mounts as Ukip score victory ahead of local elections

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Tim Sinister: 'The debate can be drawn down to a simple rule. Is this person in danger because of how they appear? If so, it should be considered a hate crime.'

Comment: Attacks against Goths are hate crimes

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Geoffrey Venn: 'The ability to remember and regurgitate facts in a highly pressurised situation may not be all that an employer would want.'

Comment: How Gove’s GCSE plans put girls at a disadvantage

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Sabby Dhalu: 'Whilst there is a difference between the two terms, historically fascist regimes and organisations have been linked with the most violent and aggressive forms of racism.'

Comment: Can you really be a fascist without being a racist?

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Three quarters of the 166 inmates of Guantanamo Bay are estimated to be participating in the hunger strike.

UK Guantanamo inmate joins hunger strike

Shaker Aamer, the UK’s only remaining detainee in Guantanamo Bay has joined a hunger strike and is allegedly being subjected to sleep deprivation and forcible cell extractions by the US military.

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Live blog covering this week's government announcements

Whitehall briefing w/b 02/04/13

Politics.co.uk tracks the week’s government announcements and developments, ministerial appearances and speeches, consultations and White Papers.

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Sebastien Feve: 'Faced with the ever-growing importance of the internet in the terrorist's toolkit, governments have been looking for ways to hit the internet's 'off' button.'

Comment: Is the internet diversifying the UK terrorist threat?

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Megan Cleaver: 'Recent research has revealed that over £28 billion will be taken out of disabled people's pockets by 2018.'

Comment: Osborne’s cuts are disproportionately punishing the disabled

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Public inquiries are rarely welcomed by the prime ministers who order them

The anatomy of a public inquiry

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Property sales may force government employees outside city centre.

Sir Humphrey headache solved? Civil servants could be booted out of capital

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Less to go around: Many low income families could struggle following council tax increase.

Working poor face tax hike

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Thomas Wright of the Brookings Institution: "Cameron's approach is much more likely to lead to an exit than his publicly stated position suggests."

Comment: UK’s euroscepticism could cost Britain power

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Robin Tilbrook: 'The struggle for England must now go on but now with renewed optimism and vigour.'

Comment: The McKay commission is not enough – we need an English parliament

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Joe Cox: "The very worst thing you can do in a recession: cut back on government spending and cut public sector wages and social security payments in real terms."

Comment: Most Brits are too poor for the economy to recover

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Rob Flello: 'With every day that goes by, more former workers pass away without any thanks from a nation that owes much of the freedom we now enjoy to their war efforts.'

Comment: Time to honour our forgotten wartime heroes

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Whitehall briefing w/b 25/03/13

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Dan Scorer: 'Until prejudice such as this is eradicated, people with a learning disability will continue to be failed by the system and denied justice.'

Comment: Time to stamp out disability hate crime for good

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