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Jobless 'outnumber workers in some British neighbourhoods'More than half the working-age population is dependent on benefits in some parts of Britain, a study by the Centre for Social Justice revealed today. 20 May 2013
Scots independence: SNP and Labour reach out to more votersBoth sides in Scotland's independence referendum campaign today announced strategy shifts to extend their appeal to fresh groups of voters. 13 May 2013
Benefit cuts 'will undermine Universal Credit'Benefit cuts and caps threaten Universal Credit's central objective of ensuring people are always better off in work, the Trades Union Congress warned today. 07 May 2013
Jobless rate rises to 7.9%Unemployment rose to 7.9% in the three months to February, prompting suggestions that the labour market is beginning to reflect economic reality. 17 April 2013

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The state of things to comeThe June Spending Review is going to slice Whitehall's funding cake so thinly that departments will be left fighting over the crumbs. So how are public services meant to cope, asks Tony Travers 01 May 2013
That shrinking feelingThe controversial 'bedroom tax' is the latest in a tsunami of benefit cuts. And with Housing Benefit caps and cuts to disability payments, claimants are feeling the squeeze. Claudia Wood investigates 01 April 2013
Local tax changes: walk the lineThis month, local authorities face one of their trickiest balancing acts yet. They have to meet the twin challenges of government changes to council tax support and business rates, without losing out on potential benefits for local growth, argues Jonathan Carr-West 01 April 2013

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Winter fuel: pay-back time?
James Lloyd
Council cuts: valuing the vulnerable
D Asenova and S Bailey
Thirteen reasons to feel unlucky
John Tizard
Missing the point on migrants and housing
John Perry
Mid Staffs: ethos, ethics and system error
Dan Corry

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