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Tell us something we don’t know

BBC News – Nick Clegg slams ‘partial’ IFS report on Budget. The Coalition doesn’t want to be defined by cuts, yet they continue, as this reports shows, to hit the hardest in society the most. It is impossible to reconcile the cuts with continuing economic growth. If people don’t have enough money, or are jobless or on benefits how is [...]
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Where is this all going to end ?

BBC News – Council homes for life could go, says Cameron. The Coalition is really starting to show it’s true colours now. Right to Buy did enable people to enter the private housing market and many people did really well out of it. However, not everyone wants to or can buy, so we will always [...]
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We’d be lost without the BBC

Stick up for the BBC. It’s the last bulwark against rule by the mob | Will Hutton | Comment is free | The Observer. The BBC does drive me mad. BBC 3 and 4 are a waste of money, as are some of the more obscure radio channels that have sprung up over the last [...]
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They’ve sold their souls

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/mobile/politics/10371590.stm I’m sure most LibDems didn’t go into politics to be party to a budget like this and seem to have sold their souls for power. For me it means no pay rise for three years in a row, having to retire a year later and with no council tax rise less money for my [...]
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