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Clegg reforms will disenfranchise poor: 8 in the morning – July 20th

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By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk

* A rush to boundary changes will disenfranchise the poor and minority voters, says Tristram Hunt MP.

* Polly Toynbee warns of “tax-funded madrasas” in the Guardian…

* Is the Big Society too nebulous a concept?

* “But what if the big society doesn’t work?” asks Steve Richards in the Indie.

* Left Foot Forward explores the links between climate change deniers and the BNP.

* Ed Balls writes about yesterday’s “Save our Schools” rally.

* The refusal of a loan to Sheffield Forgemasters – the source of much controversy last month – has been contested…

* And mortgage help introduced by Labour “will stay”.

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