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Prime Minister must give young workers the right to guaranteed hours and ending the scourge of insecure work, TUC says
Ken Clarke scrapped a planned torture inquiry yesterday on the day a retired judge said Britain was complicit in the rendition and abuse of alleged terror suspects.
A preliminary report published by Peter Gibson, who was tasked with chairing a public inquiry into British involvement in torture, called for further investigation of 27 issues.
"In some instances there was a reluctance to raise treatment issues for fear of damaging liaison relationships or that when these issues were raised, only limited details were provided," the report read.
In the wake of Ann Widdecombe’s murder, JOHN GREEN wonders whether the government will really get to grips with the root cause of these attacks on our MPs
Anyone who criticises those in power in Kenya risks their freedom or worse. The brutal abduction of Booker Omole marks a new escalation in a country sliding toward authoritarian rule, says MARC VANDEPITTE
As the government quietly upgrades the role of Britain’s special forces, their growing global footprint and near-total exemption from democratic oversight should alarm us all, says ROGER McKENZIE