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True blues red in tooth and claw
If you ever had any doubts – and readers of Tribune probably did not have many doubts – about exactly what kind of a government this Conservative-led coalition was going to be, then the events of this week should have meant the scales have fallen from your eyes. Because we have seen just how nasty these Tories are going to be – and just how clever they will be at dressing it up.
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Temporary exclusion must not become permanent
Alexandra Kemp asks why the last Labour Government was so reluctant to stand up for agency staff
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Long, simmering summers of discontent
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The sacred hem
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