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Women in the army: Fighting through the armoured glass ceiling

15 April 2014

Last week the head of the British army, General Sir Peter Wall, boldly suggested that the army may allow women to serve in frontline combat roles in the near future. This is a far cry from the army’s traditional stance...

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New report reveals snapshot of British Sikh community

14 April 2014

Many Sikhs in Britain, including myself, share a similar account of how our parents and grandparents came to the UK in the 1960s and 1970s with little more than £10 in their pockets, endured dreadful racism and worked hard to...

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Dear Ed, please don't ignore Europe

11 April 2014

Dear Ed, Two weeks have passed since the first debate on Europe between Nigel Farage and Nick Clegg, two weeks with two debates that were filled with boisterous remarks and personal attacks, but very little content of quality. I expect fellow pro-Europeans...

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Worlds apart: What should the Fabians do to increase political engagement?

9 April 2014

As 2015 looms, an increasing number of people feel that the democratic process in the UK is unrelated to their everyday lives. A recent poll, for instance, found that 40 per cent of Britons feel entirely disconnected from party politics....

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Human rights should be as important as trade for UK foreign policy

8 April 2014

Back during his first few months in Number 10, David Cameron committed to “a more commercial foreign policy”, “placing our commercial interests at the heart of our foreign policy”. But to what extent is this compatible with the foreign secretary’s...

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Time to make living wage a requirement, not an optional extra

7 April 2014

If ever there was a cause whose time has come, it must be the living wage. Ed Miliband has pledged to make it a condition of government contracts if Labour wins the next election, while Boris Johnson has called on...

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