Social scientists, psychologists and private companies are to be deployed in the battle against violent extremists, with British ministers keen to enlist academia and the defence industry
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Britain’s illiberal authorities are exploiting the tragic ‘Facebook murder’ to demonise social-networking sites.
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The political parties have clashed ahead of a summit meeting designed to find agreement on the establishment of a national care service for the elderly.
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Attempts to reach a cross-party deal on funding social care appear to be dead in the water ahead of a key summit.
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A bit more on authoritarian convergence for you. This chap’s won an award for taking photographs of himself doing naked press ups next to sites of controversial or newsworthy social and political events across China. Well OK: good for him,...
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Alcohol could be banned on buses in a bid to crack down on anti-social behaviour on public transport, the Government has signalled.
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A NEW E-BOOK TO DOWNLOAD. © Soundings 2010 We believe that now is the time for a new coalition of ideas and action on the centre left, working together to find common ground for change. At the heart of such a coalition is the belief that social democrats, liberals, greens and civic nationalists share a wide range of
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SocialistUnity 1 day ago (via socialistunity.com)
SCOTLAND'S leading alcohol doctors are calling on the four UK governments to support a ban on the promotion of alcohol on social networking sites.
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Scotsman 2 days ago (via news.scotsman.com)
The European Commission is contradicting itself, NGOs have claimed, pointing out that a recently published social protection report goes against key priorities outlined in the bloc's long-term 'Europe 2020' strategy.
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