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How the Big Six fuels winter deaths

26 November 2013

The topics of energy prices, fuel poverty and the big six energy companies have filled newspaper headlines for weeks so it may come as no surprise that today hundreds of people have gathered in Central London, Oxford and Bristol for...

Why are there still so few women in science?

25 November 2013

Why aren't there more women in STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering and maths), and why do their numbers decline as they progress further up the academic career ladder? The Science and Technology Select Committee has been considering this problem, along...

Reform the contract between NHS and the people

25 November 2013

I’ll dare to say it: amid concerns that the government is selling off parts of the NHS and privatising the service through the back door, the NHS has become the best business opportunity in Britain today. The National Health Service is...

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Get back on track, Boris

22 November 2013

You wait ages for some good news from Transport for London to come along and then, as the saying doesn’t quite go, more job cuts are announced at the same time. Woozy nightclubbers and boozy bar-hoppers will raise a glass to...

Tory MPs are disregarding our unwritten constitution

22 November 2013

For a party whose members often pride themselves on being defenders of the UK’s unwritten constitution, it is surprising how Conservative MPs have recently shown little regard for conventions - some of which were considered so important as to be...

A warning from Warsaw

21 November 2013

Climate is definitely back on the agenda. This is precisely the message being given by NGOs such as Greenpeace, Oxfam, WWF, 350.org, Friends of the Earth and ActionAid together with the international trade union movement as they stage a walk-out protest at...

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