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Ten must-read blogs

  1. Is there bias on BBC Question Time?
    Crunching the numbers on the political persuasions of the guests on the BBC's flagship politics programme. By Phil Burton-Cartledge

  2. The failure of the Work Programme
    Just 3.5 per cent of the 878,000 jobseekers referred to the programme have found work for six months or more. By George Eaton

  3. Why are Indian farmers committing suicide over their debts?
    Cotton farming has such narrow margins that finding cash to hold a family together can prove too much. By Leah Borromeo

  4. Resistance is futile: the sparkles of Christmas fashion are coming to get you
    The only way to fight back against the yuletide bling epidemic is to include the male half of the population in it too. By Rhiannon and Holly

  5. The welfare system is already stacked against the young
    The decision to abolish housing benefit for the under-25s is just another item on the list of ways our welfare system is penalising the young. By Jon Stone

  6. Labour steps cautiously up to difficult truths about the NHS
    At last, a shadow minister says budgets would be tight and reform essential regardless of who was in power. By Rafael Behr

  7. Disestablishment of the Church of England may be closer than we think
    The idea that there should be a special place within our constitution for one particular religious outlook is increasingly anachronistic. By Mark Thompson

  8. In times of crisis, UK Jews return to public support for Israel
    The diversity of views that has developed was temporarily obscured by Operation Pillar of Defence. By Keith Kahn-Harris

  9. Labour steps up its attack on the 50p tax cut
    New figures show that 8,000 millionaires will gain an average of £107,500 from the abolition of the top tax rate. By George Eaton

  10. The twisted logic of making the poor poorer
    Ministers seem genuinely to believe that fear and stress are the keys to lifting people out of poverty. By Sarah Ditum

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