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"Hannan wrote a piece in the Daily Telegraph recently, dismissing the Good Friday Agreement"

The Good Friday Agreement will endure long after Dan Hannan and Kate Hoey have been forgotten

*Blog

"Hinds barely got his feet under his desk at the Department for Education before announcing that he was scrapping plans for compulsory sex and relationship education (SRE) in schools"

Govt U-turn on sex ed shows suffragette praise was just lip service

*Blog

"It is reiterating its support for a 'war on drugs' mindset and a punitive drugs policy which all the evidence shows is not effective at reducing drug use."

Drug reform police chief faces the Downing Street backlash

*Blog

"The risk now is that attitudes harden and even getting to the point of an outline deal becomes difficult to achieve"

Who’s to blame for the mess in N.Ireland? The buck stops with Theresa May

News

"MPs have today called for a review into the impact of the government's 'hostile environment' policies which are designed to make life as difficult as possible for undocumented migrants"

MPs call for review into May’s ‘hostile environment’ for migrants

*Blog

"The main point of interest in the Telegraph's recent attack on philanthropist George Soros is not whether its authors are antisemitic, but what it tells us about the growth of the paranoid style in British politics."

Soros conspiracies are the natural end point of the UK’s new paranoia

*Blog

"Just as concerning is the growing inability of local newspapers to properly scrutinise decisions being made by councils"

The decline of local papers puts British democracy at risk

PM is right to worry about the decline of local newspapers – but the current voting system is also damaging democracy

*Blog

"We need to see secure funding for services that provide women with a safety net"

New violence against women stats should to be a wake up call to the government

1 in 5 women and girls have experienced some form of sexual assault since the age of 16

*Blog

"A group of women protested the current abortion legislation, by dressing as handmaids from Margaret Atwood's novel The Handmaid's Tale."

The Isle of Man: Where women have voted for 137 years but are still fighting for abortion

*Blog

"The national interest requires politicians of all parties to speak the truth, and to have the courage to make the positive case for immigration"

It’s time to make the case for free movement

*Blog

"A policeman restraining a demonstrator as suffragettes gathered outside Buckingham Palace"

The sexual assault faced by the Suffragettes

*Blog

"The entire report suggests a chaotic, disorganised jumble of departments, staff, and projects"

Stumbling towards the exit: Report paints grim picture of Whitehall chaos over Brexit

*Blog

"The benefits of just-in-time are huge"

Just-in-time: The production system Brexit is set to sabotage

*Blog

Mike Haines and Brendan Cox are among the founders of Survivors Against Terror

War on Terror: Brendan Cox speaks up for victims

*Comment & Analysis

£88 billion would cover the salaries of over 2.5 million nurses or nearly one million senior doctors

Brexit cost analysis: Loss to economy would pay for 2.5 million new nurses

News

"Fifty one per cent of landlords surveyed said that 'right to rent' would make them less likely to let a property to foreign nationals."

Home Office faces legal challenges over ‘right to rent’ migrant policy

*Blog

"I am now officially without a penny to my name and left bewildered as to where to go next in obtaining any degree of independence"

I’m broken Britain: I had no idea how bad it would get

*Blog

"Homelessness finally appears to be rising up the political agenda"

Hidden homelessness: an avoidable tragedy

*Blog

"We choose to point out that the world needs to address inequality if we are going to end poverty."

Oxfam’s Davos inequality report: Why we do this

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