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David Cameron, visiting the North West. Photo: No10

Cameron’s ‘Growth Deal’ – a begging bowl for the regions

HMS Queen Elizabeth in Rosyth Dockyard, Fife Photo: PA

New carriers, new wars

Alastair Stephens

The Pentagon is reportedly moving the aircraft carrier George H.W. Bush into the Persian Gulf to provide US President Obama with options for possible airstrikes against al-Qaeda-linked militants in Iraq

Iraq: three kinds of blowback and the threat of war stoked by western meddling

A march arrives at Piccadilly Circus. Photo credit: Arbolioto

The unions and the people v austerity

Inequality and the working class today

The other side of the Euro elections

Alastair Stephens

Labour, Ukip and the local elections: myth and reality

Ukip spin doctor forced to intervene as Farage falters in disastrous radio interview

Stopping Ukip’s establishment populism

Photograph: Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP

Modi and BJP secure massive victory in India’s elections

The cost of living crisis rolls on

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The Russians are coming! (or maybe not)

Alsastair Stephens

Workers from fast food and retail chains along State Street walk off their jobs in a protest for higher wages. Photo: John H. White – Sun-Times

A vanguard for change: the fast food workers movement goes global