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Telegraph, 23.04.13 13:52 UTC

Len McCluskey: Labour must reject austerity or lose 2015 election

Ed Miliband will lose the next election unless he rejects the misery and despair of austerity and promises to reverse the Coalition s cuts, Labour s biggest union backer has warned.

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Daily Mail, 22.04.13 07:53 UTC

'Don't panic Mr Miliband!' Labour's Diane Abbott tells Ed Miliband to stop apologising for his party's record on immigration

PUBLISHED: 05:02 GMT, 22 April 2013 | UPDATED: 07:41 GMT, 22 April 2013 Labour MP Diane Abbott has warned her own leader Ed Miliband not to panic and to be careful to avoid 'dog whistle politics' on ...

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Telegraph, 21.04.13 14:00 UTC

Tories accused of attempting 'political stitch-up' over Tanni Grey-Thompson

Tory peers have been accused of orchestrating a political stitch up by attempting to block the appointment of Tanni Grey-Thompson, the Paralympic legend, as head of the Government s sports funding body.

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Reuters - Top News, 20.04.13 23:56 UTC

Merkel party loses support after female hiring quota dispute: poll

BERLIN | Sat Apr 20, 2013 7:39pm EDT BERLIN (Reuters) - Support for German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives has fallen by 2 percentage points to 39 percent after a dispute over quotas ...

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Seattle Times, 18.04.13 14:12 UTC

Labor nominee Perez pledges open mind

Labor Secretary nominee Thomas Perez is telling senators he would approach the job with an open mind and a willingness to work with business and labor groups to help create new jobs.

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The Sydney Morning Herald, 18.04.13 13:01 UTC

Pipped at the post on same-sex marriage, so who feels sheepish now?

New Zealand may be only three hours' flight from Australia, but it is light years ahead on equality. Feel free to resort to a sheep joke or an accent jibe while I cite some evidence. This week's ...

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Daily Mail, 18.04.13 12:34 UTC

'You have prostituted your high office': Labour MP attacks Whitehall mandarins for writing an article praising Margaret Thatcher

PUBLISHED: 11:59 GMT, 18 April 2013 | UPDATED: 12:06 GMT, 18 April 2013 Labour MP Paul Flynn launched a lengthy attack against Sir Jeremy Heywood and Sir Bob Kerslake, before storming out of a ...

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Seattle Times, 18.04.13 09:27 UTC

Labor nominee to face tough questions at hearing

Labor Secretary nominee Thomas Perez is expected to face tough questions at his confirmation hearing about his tenure as head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division.

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The Sydney Morning Herald, 17.04.13 05:02 UTC

Gillard backs ASIO bans on refugees

Prime Minister Julia Gillard has strongly backed security black-bans on 55 refugees held in detention, despite legal and activist concerns ASIO will retain its final veto over a new independent ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald, 15.04.13 09:55 UTC

Western Sydney, where pollies would have you think crime control is at sea

Pity western Sydney. Crime out there, apparently, is out of control. Worse, the inhabitants' borders aren't being protected. We know this because the Federal Liberal Party says so. In increasingly ...

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