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Welfare reforms 'will harm chances of quick return to work'
New analysis published by the TUC shows that the majority of claimants who will be hit by the government's new five-week wait welfare reform are short-term claimants who only
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Benefits of immigration 'outweighed by population strain'
Large-scale immigration will ultimately have a negative effect on standards of living as any economic benefits will be outweighed by the pressures imposed by a much larger...
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Prospective university students lack back-up plan
With just over a week until A-level results day, Which? University reveals that many students haven't planned what they will do if they don't get the grades they need for...
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Osborne makes 'northern powerhouse' centrepiece of economic plan
The chancellor of the exchequer, George Osborne, today set out the government's pathway to a northern economic powerhouse when he welcomed the publication of a report on the...
Editor's Feature
Mark Thompson University Senior Lecturer in Information SystemsCambridge Judge Business School

Where is the long-term political vision for digital public services?
As in any relationship, there are signs the UK public sector's dalliance with digital is moving from the first blushes of initial infatuation and settling down to making the...
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Re: The Debate on Hydraulic Fracturing for Gas in the UK
It's hard to know who is who and commenting on what; the way that this is set up. For example the comment "this is a ridiculous comment" seems hard...
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Re: Antibiotic Governance “Get your act together”
Almost 50 per cent of antibiotics in the UK are given to farm animals, undermining efforts in medicine to improve stewardship. The government...
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Re: The Debate on Hydraulic Fracturing for Gas in the UK
Of course we can see the argument for getting away from being supplied by potentially hostile and/or unstable countries. However there are major -and...
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Re: Obesity and health inequalities: is a new approach needed?
Let's find out why all Exeter City's leisure centres are pushing Coke, sweet drinks and junk food to our children? The Foyer of Pyramids Pool in...
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Re: Obesity and health inequalities: is a new approach needed?
I have just returned from a lunchtime swim at one of Exeter's Council- run swimming pools. It's half term so the pool is full of overweight...
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Re: Do you choose who you sleep with?
Hospital pillows are covered in plastic before the pillow case and none plastic covered pillows are supposed to be disposed. This depend on how often...
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‘People can be coerced’: the case against assisted dying
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‘They cannot endure their suffering’: the case for assisted dying
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Police forces ‘meeting the challenge of austerity’
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Jobcentres should face competition, says thinktank
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Public sector procurement under scrutiny
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