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Communities
I feel that these "honour killings" ought to be referred to as "Patriarchal murders" as it more... MORE
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Europe
"To conflate a human right with a civic right is to miss the point of protecting the most... MORE
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Public Health
If your pet became doubly incontinent, unable to move, unable to feed itself, couldn't see or hear... MORE
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Public Health
Everyone, on each side of this issue, should engage with Terry Pratchett's 'Shaking Hands with... MORE
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Public Health
Having the option there, if ever required is providing freedom of choice. Perfectly healthy people... MORE
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Public Health
I watched my father die over two years - it was heart breaking to see him suffer so much pain and... MORE
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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
The House of Lords spent the best part of 10 hours debating the emotional and divisive topic of assisted dying on
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‘They cannot endure their suffering’: the case for assisted dying
The House of Lords spent the best part of 10 hours debating the emotional and divisive topic of assisted dying on...
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Police forces ‘meeting the challenge of austerity’
Police forces in England and Wales have met the financial challenge of the spending review - crime continues to fall, victim satisfaction is up, and forces are protecting their...
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Jobcentres should face competition, says thinktank
Jobcentres are failing to help people find long-term work and should be restructured under new plans that will enable private companies and charities to compete with government...
Editor's Feature
Paul Tomany Managing DirectorNorth Western Universities Purchasing Consortium
Public sector procurement under scrutiny
Over the past two years we have seen public sector procurement coming under increasing levels of scrutiny. It's hardly surprising. In an era of austerity it's one area that...
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