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Make Disability Benefits as “Easy as Possible” to Get, Says Labour Review

Sickness and disability benefits should be made as "easy as possible" to claim as the current system is too "stressful", the long-awaited Government review by Sir Stephen Timms has said.

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Sorry Gove, Education Has Already Been Rewilded

It's already too late for Michael Gove to prevent the "rewilding" of Britain's schools, says Joanna Gray. This Left-wing fantasy of dumbed-down education is already firmly entrenched and working its anti-magic.

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The Sceptic | Episode 95: David Betz on the Dover Protests, Plus the Escalating Ukraine War and Britain’s Latest Heatwaves

In Episode 95 of the Sceptic: David Betz on the significance of the Dover protests, Brooks Newmark on the escalating Ukraine war and William M Briggs on what the numbers really tell us about Britain's latest heatwaves.

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Promising to Turn Someone Into a Sausage Roll is Not a Genuine ‘Death Threat’

Genuine death threats against politicians are no joke. But that doesn't mean every joke – such as threatening to turn someone into a sausage roll – should be taken as an actual death threat, says Steven Tucker.

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How Did Germany’s Anti-AfD Firewall Hold?

How did Germany's anti-AfD 'firewall' hold, despite 51% of in-person voters backing the party? It's because of the vast number of mail-in ballots, says John Rosenthal, despite the known security issues with postal voting.

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Fears of ‘Jobs Bloodbath’ as Burnham Launches Huge ‘Tourist Tax’ Raid

Hospitality businesses are warning of a jobs bloodbath as Andy Burnham launches a huge 'tourist tax' raid, with England's mayors and local councils given new powers to impose uncapped levies on overnight stays.

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Jason Arday and the Corruption of Science

A Nature editorial on the Jason Arday affair, blaming everyone except Arday himself, chooses progressive ideology over basic honesty and scientific integrity, says Jerry A. Coyne in the Chronicle of Higher Education.

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Britain’s Speech Police: How the State Learned to Fear its People

With 62,000 people arrested for speech crimes in five years, the UK can no longer claim to be a free society, says Paul Birch. The state has learned to fear its people and will no longer tolerate them speaking freely.

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Green Rules Mean Britain Can’t Even Recycle a Fridge

Fridges are piling up in laybys across the country as recycling centres refuse to take anymore. It's the backfiring result, in part, of pettifogging green waste disposal regulation, says Ben Pile.

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The Pharmaceutical Industry is Trying to Curtail Your Ability to Complain About its Behaviour

The pharmaceutical industry is trying to curtail your ability to complain about its behaviour with a new time limit, warns Dr Alan Black. But there's still time to make your voice heard about the changes.

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Police Drop Year-Long Case Against Heroes Who Tackled Tube Flasher

Police have finally dropped a year-long investigation into three hero passengers who tackled a man exposing himself in front of children on a train – though only because the CPS has refused to take the case forward.

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The Unbearable Lightness of Being Andy Burnham

Like most of the rest of his frontbench, Andy Burnham has never had a proper job outside politics. No wonder his policy agenda – the little we know of it – is so unbearably light, says Madeleine Gillies.

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Northern Ireland ‘Conversion Therapy’ Ban “Could Criminalise Parents, Preachers and Teachers”

A proposed ban on 'conversion therapy' in Northern Ireland could criminalise parenting, restrict religious freedom and "leave teachers fearful of expressing honestly held views", a DUP Minister has said.

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What More Evidence Does the Blob Need That Michael Gove Was Right?

The just-published 2025 PISA data about the UK’s schools, showing England racing ahead of Scotland and Wales, completely vindicates Michael Gove’s education reforms. So why is Labour so determined to dismantle them?

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It’s Time for a Conservative and Unionist and Reformist Party

Reform doesn't have the dignity of the Tories' grand history, but its lack of historical baggage means it has more freedom to set out radical new policies, says Prof James Alexander. Together, they would be unstoppable.

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