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Resisting temptation
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Resisting temptation

Do not be tempted to dismiss the LSB's changes to outcomes-focused regulation as unimportant, warns Susanna Heley
Update: charity
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Update: charity

Sarah Clune reviews the Attorney General's second reference on public benefit, the latest news on the Catholic Care case, and Full Fact's appeal against the commission's decision not to register it as a charity
Rocky road
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Rocky road

A recent ruling in favour of an injured cyclist should prompt highways authorities to review and amend their systems for inspecting and repairing road surfaces, says Nigel Poole
Singled out
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Singled out

The detention of children should always be the last resort – the courts should not treat young protestors differently, argues Sophie Khan
Family guys
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Family guys

New fathers would benefit from extended leave under proposals that would also enable mothers to return to work earlier, but will new laws be an administrative nightmare for employers? Jane Wheeler reports
Back to square one
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Back to square one

After six years of battling over a disclosure case, the ECJ has failed to make any significant progress over the issue of access to official documents, argues Paul Stanley QC
Seeing the light
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Seeing the light

The Industrial Revolution was an explosion of new inventions and innovations that provoked widespread industrial change, transforming Britain from a predominantly agricultural country to an industrial one. In an age of imperial expansion, new sources of prosperity and ceaseless manufacturing, Victorian social reformers called for better public sanitation and street lighting as the population of its towns and cities multiplied rapidly.