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Fear and Lothian

Fear and Lothian

The democratic answer to the West Lothian Question is to follow through with devolution genuinely devolving power to the English regions, and equally importantly, ensure we have independent local government

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Sexual abuse the awful truth

We hear from IL on the impact sexual abuse has on her life. Plus Prof Liz Kelly - chair of End Violence Against Women - analyses the government's fractured approach

Interview: Ed Balls

With soaring street violence and constant classroom testing, Martin Bright and Suzanne Moore ask the children's secretary, if the next generation is getting a fair deal

What the NHS means to me

As the Health Service turns 60, Alan Johnson says Nye Bevan's vision continues to inspire him and points out that a decade ago it was talked of as if it was on its knees

Brown's Scottish play

For 50 years, Scotland was unshakeably Labour. But a string of party blunders has lost it - and the Union - to the Nationalists

Tactical Briefing

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To: GB
Subject: The speech that must be made

Dancing to the party tune

From GQ Man to knights of the shire, Tories are happy to be seen sipping champagne

A new deal for British children

Why are our young people so unhappy? Because we have become a society that fears, demonises and silences them. The fault is ours, not theirs

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Housing Minister Caroline Flint concedes the booming housing market that Britain has enjoyed for more than a decade is "unsustainable"

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Columnists

Peter Wilby

Peter Wilby

An age-old problem

Kevin Maguire

Kevin Maguire

David Davis's hard words

Brian Cathcart

Brian Cathcart

Go on, wind us up

Martin Bright

Martin Bright

When discrimination works

Blogs

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Bright's Blog

Politics uncovered by Martin Bright, New Statesman political editor

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Sian Berry

The Green Party activist and anti-4WD campaigner writes for http://www.newstatesman.com

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