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After the Barclays Libor scandal, how long must we wait for a public inquiry?

  . This week’s news that Barclays Bank spent several years trying to manipulate the London Interbank Offered Rate, or Libor – the average borrowing rate for banks, calculated each day and used to...

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Two decades on, Labour consider returning the railways to public ownership

  . Labour’s ongoing policy review will consider proposals, contained in a union-backed report published today, to return Britain’s railways to public ownership. Rebuilding Rail, produced by the think...

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David Cameron: Once enraged over rioters, now complacent over bankers

  . When riots broke out across large swathes of urban Britain last summer, David Cameron didn’t hesitate to adopt a hardline stance. Quickly recalling Parliament, he denounced those involved: “These...

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The Higgs boson aside, Britain is still failing its scientific community

  . On Wednesday, scientists at CERN finally found the Higgs boson – the hitherto hypothetical particle that gives the universe its mass – inside the Large Hadron Collider.  The development is already...

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The government’s Work Programme (still) isn’t working

  . Figures from the Office for National Statistics today show that the number of people out of work for two years has more than doubled since the coalition came to power, rising from 44,300 in May...

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As Spanish bond yields break 7%, the eurozone banking deal begins to unravel

  . The eurozone crisis refuses to abate: this morning, the yield on Spanish ten-year securities soared over the 7.1% threshold, signifying renewed fears in the sovereign debt market over the...

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Boris Johnson argues against bank regulation, misses the point

  . Giving evidence to the Treasury select committee this morning, the outgoing chairman of Barclays Bank, Marcus Agius, revealed that the governor of the Bank of England forced Bob Diamond’s...

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Forty-four years after Mexico City ’68, Tommie Smith still fights injustice

  . The Black Power salute given by Tommie Smith and John Carlos on the medal podium at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City remains one of the defining images of the civil rights era. Now, a new...

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Caroline Spelman remains deeply confused by dangerous dogs legislation

  . Mary Creagh MP is Labour’s Shadow Environment Secretary. Another week, another fine mess from DEFRA. This time, Caroline Spelman is confused about microchipping dogs. While in government, Labour...

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Fox News: Fair and balanced (occasional series)

  . Fox News has always been strong on self-parody. While the Murdoch-owned cable outlet’s aggressively pro-Republican stance has been notorious for years, it has always employed the slogan ‘fair and...

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