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Anti-war campaigners from around the world are coming together to discuss their opposition to the current occupation of Iraq. Delegates from the US, Britain and Iraq will come together in solidarity.

Is Britain segregated? Trevor Phillips has got his facts wrong. The census analysts at the Greater London Authority, and leading researchers nationally, have found that London and the rest of Britain are becoming less, not more, segregated.

Black Victorians — Black people in British Art 1800–1900Manchester Art GalleryUntil 8 January 2006www.manchestergalleries.orgPhone 0161 235 8888

Degas, Sickert and Toulouse Lautrec — London and Paris 1870–1910Tate Britain, central London, until 15 January

Anti-fascist campaigners from across the country are mobilising for a demonstration to stop a planned protest by the Nazi British National Party (BNP) in Leeds on Wednesday 2 November.

Hundreds of pensioners from across Britain were to take part in a lobby of parliament on Wednesday this week to publicise the new Pensioners’ Charter.

The US and British occupation is driving Iraq towards disaster by spreading the poison of sectarianism and ethnic divisions.

The Stop the War Coalition is calling for delegates to the first International Peace Conference on 10 December 2005. The conference will bring together anti-war activists from across the globe, including the US, Britain and Iraq.

Recent events in southern Iraq — in particular the "rescue" of two British SAS special forces officers in Basra — have highlighted how the US led occupation is losing its grip even in so called stable areas of the country.

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One of the poorest communities in Britain is one step closer to getting a super casino thanks to New Labour’s relaxation of the gambling laws.

Northern Ireland spends about £22 billion each year on its public services. It raises £14 billion in taxes, with another £8 billion coming from the British government. Under direct rule from Westminster, all of this money is allocated and spent from London.