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Brussels protests end in violenceSome of the 100,000 marchers attending the demonstration against austerity set fire to cars and throw stones at police -
Polly Toynbee: A living wage is the kind of policy people expect from Labour, but is Ed Miliband letting it slip away?Scandalously low pay should not be the new normal
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Memo to George Osborne: austerity has failedRichard Seymour: The Tories and their Lib Dem allies might have hoped to go into 2015 with the recession fading and enough voters feeling wealthier. It’s not looking that way -
Six years ago, as the financial crisis hit, David Mitchell began writing a weekly column for the Observer. In this extract from his new book, an anthology of his best writing, he recalls how austerity left a permanent mark on the mood of the nationDavid Mitchell… on the age of rage
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People need hope, not more of the Tory austerity fairytaleLetter: The only way now to get the deficit down is by public investment to kick-start sustainable growth via housebuilding, upgrading infrastructure, and greening the economy
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The centre cannot hold under austerity, in Britain or Europe