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Lord Dubs, the Labour peer this year persuaded the government to promise to give sanctuary to vulnerable unaccompanied child refugees with no relatives in the UK. In May he secured a commitment that Britain would give homes to some of the estimated 88,000 child refugees…

Yesterday Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt was bitterly critical of the junior doctor's rejection of the latest employment deal. He claimed the result was undemocratic, saying: “The BMA’s figures show that only 40% of those eligible actually voted against this contract, and a third of BMA…

George Osborne has warned that antibiotic resistance is becoming such a serious problem that it will eclipse cancer as a cause of death worldwide by 2050. According to The Guardian "Osborne will warn of an enormous economic cost, which could cut global GDP by 3.5%,…

Given the prevalence of the "loss aversion" cognitive bias, it should in theory be highly unlikely that the British population votes to leave the EU. As a refresher, here's how Wikipedia defines it: The "out" camp have to persuade the electorate that leaving the EU…