Unemployment in Britain has surged by 49,000 to nearly 2.5 million, including one in every five young people – putting the number of 16- to 24-year-olds out of work at close to a million, the highest since records of youth unemployment were first kept in 1992. The rate of joblessness among 16-to 24-year-olds is now …

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Unemployment in Britain has surged by 49,000 to nearly 2.5 million, including one in every five young people – putting the number of 16- to 24-year-olds out of work at close to a million, the highest since records of youth unemployment were first kept in 1992. The rate of joblessness among 16-to 24-year-olds is now …

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We owe it to those people suppressed and disenfranchised elsewhere around the world to make the most of our democratic right to vote, writes 27-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent Sam Bayes from London, England. As revolution continues to be in the air in North Africa and the Middle-East, comparisons and look-a-likes have been sprouting in the west …

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We owe it to those people suppressed and disenfranchised elsewhere around the world to make the most of our democratic right to vote, writes 27-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent Sam Bayes from London, England. As revolution continues to be in the air in North Africa and the Middle-East, comparisons and look-a-likes have been sprouting in the west …

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In Britain, earlier this month proponents of electoral reform had their hopes dashed  when a referendum on a new voting system was lost. Sam Bayes, a 27-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent from London, gives his verdict on hopes for the future.  Will it be a case of evolution or revolution? Well I must confess I’m disappointed. The UK’s …

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In Britain, earlier this month proponents of electoral reform had their hopes dashed  when a referendum on a new voting system was lost. Sam Bayes, a 27-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent from London, gives his verdict on hopes for the future.  Will it be a case of evolution or revolution? Well I must confess I’m disappointed. The UK’s …

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The ‘Occupy’ protests against unfettered capitalism have spread from New York to the City of London and are increasingly making headlines, writes Aishah Namukasa, a Ugandan student living in Germany. On Saturday 15 October 2011, thousands of ‘Occupy the London Stock Exchange protestors, alongside curious observers and bystanders, thronged St Paul’s Cathedral churchyard in London. …

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The ‘Occupy’ protests against unfettered capitalism have spread from New York to the City of London and are increasingly making headlines, writes Aishah Namukasa, a Ugandan student living in Germany. On Saturday 15 October 2011, thousands of ‘Occupy the London Stock Exchange protestors, alongside curious observers and bystanders, thronged St Paul’s Cathedral churchyard in London. …

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Tributes have poured in for Kenyan environmentalist Professor Wangari Maathai who died last month. In turn her passing has helped to reignite the conservation agenda at home, writes Simon Hart, 27, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Britain living in Nairobi. On 25 September, Kenya’s most famous and admirable heroine passed away. The death of Professor Wangari Maathai …

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Tributes have poured in for Kenyan environmentalist Professor Wangari Maathai who died last month. In turn her passing has helped to reignite the conservation agenda at home, writes Simon Hart, 27, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Britain living in Nairobi. On 25 September, Kenya’s most famous and admirable heroine passed away. The death of Professor Wangari Maathai …

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