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Report: Jobcentre Staff Were Taught to Inflict ‘Psychological Harm’ on the Unemployed

by Sophie K Rosa

A new report reveals how the coalition government pressured jobcentre staff to bully the unemployed out of claiming benefits. Sophie K Rosa reports.

International: Now Unidas Podemos Must Show It Can Deliver

by Eoghan Gilmartin and Tommy Greene

With Spain’s new left-wing coalition having taken office earlier this month, it is crucial that Unidas Podemos proves itself as a party of the people and ensures that the government sticks to its programme.

Long Read: How Conservative Austerity Cost the UK Billions

by Raoul Martinez

Since 2010, the Conservatives have repeatedly claimed that only they can be trusted to run the economy. Where a prodigal Labour party would run the economy into the ground with excess spending, they say they're prepared to take the 'common-sense' approach of austerity. Raoul Martinez argues that this story doesn't ring true; austerity is a recipe for economic misery.

The Global Law Summit: Height of Hypocrisy

by Grace Loncraine

Next week Justice Secretary, Lord Chancellor and legal aid axe-wielder is planning to mark the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta with a networking fair for the elite under the guise of a 'Global Law Summit'. Luckily justice campaigners are preparing to show him up for the hypocrite he is.

5 Election Poster Campaigns the Parties Wish You’d Forget

by Novara Reporters

Nigel Farage is back in the news hoping to earn our vote through a subtle combination of scaremongering, racism and being a Proper Nice Bloke. With Ukip's incendiary posters coming to a small town near you and next year's general election set to be the dirtiest yet, we take a look at the campaigns the parties wish you'd forget.

‘Let Them Eat Bingo’: 5 Things About #Budget2014

by Aaron Bastani

Here Aaron Bastani takes a quick look at today's budget. Little has changed from the growth model leading up to the crisis of 2008 he says and the budget is filled with assumptions and projections that are bordering on delusional.