Lib Dems copy ‘Computer says no’ slogan in attack on automated decision-making

Days after I used a catchphrase from BBC sketch show Little Britain to illustrate an article explaining why artifical intelligence should not be allowed to make decisions affecting human beings, the L...

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Child DLA to adult PIP transition reveals flaws in Timms Review plan to ease claimants’ burden

What happens when a state benefit designed around the additional care needs of a disabled child is replaced by one that measures a much narrower set of adult functional limitations?

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Why Are We Letting AI Make Decisions About People?

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PIP Changes Sound Good… Until You Get to THIS Bit

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Why are non-pensioners making such a fuss about pensions?

Annual state pensions are set to rise past £13,000 from April 2027 and to hear the rich carrying on about it, you’d think the sky had fallen on them.

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CAN MONEY BUY POLITICAL POWER?

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Recommendations for disability benefits are ruined by attempt at ‘non-cash’ support

What a shame the government has tried to shoehorn a daft idea onto a series of apparently-progressive plans for changes to disability benefits.

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The Reform UK donations row is a result of historic failures. Is it about politicians’ GREED?

Let me see if I’ve got this right.

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Call for regulation of AIs - to avoid risk to human rights - is too weak

MPs and peers are saying there should be a new law to regulate AIs so they cannot threaten human rights, according to the BBC.

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Council chaos raises this question: who checks the government's work?

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What Happens When People Stop Feeling Heard?

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Can Police Forces Share Resources to Fight Crime?

Police forces are struggling with funding, staffing and support. Could sharing specialist resources provide an answer to the UK's policing crisis?

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Tories are far out of touch with the public over benefits - but what about Andy Burnham?

Kemi Badenoch has lodged her foot well and truly in her mouth by attacking the government for refusing to cut social security benefits - after a national survey showed the public were keen on increase...

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Miliband’s sanctions on Israel have very broad implications

The UK government has announced sanctions and other measures against Israel, in protest against the plan by that country to build a huge new settlement on Palestinian land in the Occupied West Bank - ...

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Council chaos: What has Angela Rayner been told that we haven’t?

A long-awaited (and expensive) reorganisation of councils in England into unitary authorities may not be happening after all, because of legal advice received by Local Government Secretary Angela Rayn...

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Masked protesters aren’t the answer - but all views must be heard on small boat crossings

The mood of the UK has turned ugly over small boat crossings bringing people to the UK to claim asylum here - despite the number of arrivals being at its lowest point in years.

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When Political Words Lose Their Meaning

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Has Farage played the ‘victim’ card once too often?

Nigel Farage reckons the UK is a “complainants’ society” - and he’s the target.

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Starmer quits as MP - to be replaced by... Zack Polanski?

This is a classic example of unforeseen consequences.

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When Targets Replace Objectives, Policy Goes Wrong

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Do people really want disability benefits to be cut - or action against disability itself?

Most voters want the government to slash the disability benefits bill, and they don’t care how it’s done - according to an article in the i paper last weekend (August 29-30, 2026).

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If teachers are overworked, what is the REAL reason?

The Liberal Democrats reckon teachers are burning out and need better working hours and more support to stop them leaving the profession.

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You Can’t Make Good Decisions Using Bad Measurements

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Ashley’s attack on Burnham’s high street policy is wrong to call it ‘populist’

Sports Direct owner Mike Ashley doesn’t seem to know the meaning of the word ‘populist’, which he has used to describe Andy Burnham’s bid to tackle the cost of living.

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Changes to early release scheme for prisoners have NOT detoxified it

Andy Burnham has announced changes to his proposed ‘early release’ scheme for prisoners - but they are likely to only stop the Tories being able to use the ‘PC Harper’ case to attack him - not to solv...

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The ‘i’ paper’s ‘impartial news’ faces inaccuracy alert

Why is the government trying to get us to trust so-called ‘legacy’ media, when it’s so easy to poke holes in the argument?

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My response to the government’s consultation on social media

It took me ages to get around to this because I didn’t want to mess it up.

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Will the UK government turn condemnation into action to stop Israel’s E1 settlements in Palestine?

Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband was right to condemn Israel’s decision to build settlements across the West Bank, which is Palestinian land, according to Liberal Democrat MPs.

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Is Labour really ending ‘exploitative’ zero-hours contracts for employees?

A row between the Labour government, trade unions and businesses has exposed potentially disastrous problems with the plan to end “exploitative” zero-hours contracts for employees.

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Media doomsayers are making unfounded assumptions about government spending

Don’t skip past this - it’s about how much cash you’ll have in the future.

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