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Published: 27 August 2009

GCSEs a piece of cake? Think again

The ‘fiasco’ seen in the reporting of examination results each year is a distraction from the real outrage that Britain’s schools are still failing a large proportion of their students, argues Conrad Landin

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Public breastfeeding shows contempt for others’ rights
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Listen to the kids’ views of our grasping unjust society
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Housing refurbishment programme is a shambles
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Bonuses for a new aristocracy
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COMMENT & LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Should changing our borough be left to delegated powers?

THE moves by uber-rich celebrities to create new homes by knocking two houses into one is yet another indicator of the growing inequality in Camden.
While many couples with two or three children are squeezed into small two bedroom flats our glitterati find they cannot manage unless they are able to inhabit... > more

Another victim of the Grafton Road trap - LIKE many other drivers, I’m sure, I have also fallen into Camden’s Grafton Road trap. > more

Welcoming a new approach to stop and search - WE were pleased to hear that the Metropolitan Police will be taking a new approach to using... > more

Mayor Ray was a tireless public transport campaigner - IT was with great sadness that I read of the death of former councillor and Camden mayor Ray... > more

Lessons in taking from the poor to give to rich - THE New Journal is to be congratulated on its exposure of how Camden Council spends our money. > more

Respect to the Lion - THIS is my tribute to Robert ‘The Lion’ Allan, who championed the cause of homeless people. > more

Leafblower nuisance - A RECENT correspondent raised concerns about the use of leafblowers and other machinery in our parks. > more

Today’s migrants - I FELT Mr Haire’s letter rather poignant (When times were tough for the Irish migrants, August 20). > more

Humans better than robots - A LIBRARY is much more than a building full of books.
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Physiotherapy going strong at the Royal Free - OUR physiotherapy services were the focus of attention in your paper recently (Physio services are taken over... > more

What price scrapping caretakers? - IS privatising part of the caretaking service in communal outdoor areas of our council estates really going to improve... > more

Careline sackings wrecked the service - CARELINE was one of the best things introduced by Camden Council, giving assurance to fragile elderly people... > more

Paying for others’ errors - AS a member of the Camden Plus Credit Union I deplore the way in which Gordon Brown’s government is charging a levy on... > more

Call for professional, face-to-face CAB service - IN July it appeared that the Kentish Town CAB Citizens Advice Bureau’s management planned to close.... > more