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I was talking to a local resident the other day and he said to me, in reference to his family’s situation, ‘it isn’t fair’. Now I’ve always had issues with the use of the word ‘fairness’ in politics and society ... What’s fair for one isn’t fair for another. It also...

I don't think of myself as particularly cultural – I’m a working-class Yorkshire lad without much formal education, I’m not a regular theatregoer and there are more classics I haven't read than I have. Nevertheless, I’ve found myself drawn to the current campaigns to...

Last week’s Labour announcements on welfare reform and economic policy were vital set-piece events on the road to the 2015 general election, now under two years away. They took place in the context of a volatile polling situation, with the United Kingdom Independence...

Fighting for the rights of those accused of crime is never a popular cause. Legal aid clients are vilified by the Tory press as ‘spongers’, their lawyers as ‘greedy fat cats’. So it is no surprise that the government sees legal aid as a soft target. This week's...