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Charles Clarke, the New Statesman and the future of the Labour Party
The former Home Secretary's article in this week's New Statesman whipped up a storm, but what's the back story?
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Five stark truths
The summer did not bring a coup against Gordon Brown, but during this time some inescapable realities have emerged
Time to end Just William politics
In a New Statesman exclusive Charles Clarke takes on critics who abuse the word Blairite and warns Labour is destined for disaster if it continues on its current course and adds "we will not permit that to happen"
Fairness - or nothing
Labour must face down the Tories on the "fair" agenda with concrete policies that they can't follow
Inequality kills
Politicians take heed: social injustice is, literally, deadly
No place for children
The UK has one of the worst records in Europe for detaining children but accurate figures on how many are detained, and for how long, remain hard to come by
A pointless and brutal practice
Natasha Walter introduces the shocking cases of two young girls detained at Yarl's Wood
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A prime opportunity to pick apart Tory rhetoric
Beyond the bluster and sabre-rattling, there is little of substance in what Cameron has said about Georgia in the past month
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Stamp Duty holiday – what’s the point?
What’s the point of the chancellor's initiatives? To show they’re doing something but they're being about as useful as a chocolate teapot, writes Jonathan Davis
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Palin is the new Chuck Norris
Curbing Scottish drinking, being named after a favourite fishing spot and giddy excitement over Bristol's pregnancy...
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Hidden lives, public voices
Broadcaster Esther Rantzen reads Morgan's story - part of our No Place for Children campaign
