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Germansplaining: Germany’s budget bother
Breaking with their stereotype, the country’s fiscal responsibility has gone awry
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A new report reveals the huge and lasting economic costs of Brexit
Ever wondered why your taxes are so high and public services are in such a poor state? Now you know
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The British businesses being strangled by Brexit red tape
Nearly three-quarters of UK firms say leaving the EU has affected them “very negatively”
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Glory-stealing Rishi Sunak has very little to do with falling inflation
Price rises are finally slowing because of oil and gas, not because of the PM
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The Brexit ship of fools
The thinktank behind Liz Truss’s mini-budget now claims leaving the EU hasn’t harmed UK trade
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Millennials are getting poorer – and the government is to blame
New research shows people aged 30 are earning 8% less than their Gen X counterparts
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Despite political interference and falling memberships, trade unions are becoming more powerful
In the UK and the US, political parties must accept that trade unionism is on the rise
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Rishi Sunak has blown another big chance with a King’s Speech that ignored Britain’s financial woes
This was the time to tackle failing apprenticeships and the lack of an industrial strategy - it didn’t happen
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Light must be shed on dark money’s presence in politics, new report says
Nearly 60% demand more details of how think tanks are funded - and findings show right wingers are less transparent than those on the left
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There’s trouble in store for post-Brexit Britain
Thanks to higher costs, increased red tape and supply chain damage, we must get used to living in a country with empty shelves
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Britain’s scraps from the EU table
Post-Brexit Britain slides ever-further down the EU’s list of priorities
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Inheritance tax is fair: scrapping it would benefit only the wealthiest
Only the richest 4% will pay it, but everyone seems to hate it. Now it is in the government’s sights
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Cartoon: Should we rejoice about the bankers’ bonus cap removal?
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Britain needs to pay higher taxes
Want to know why? Just go abroad
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Brexit brings unattractive news for the beauty sector
A new report claims leaving the EU has created a £850m drop in the industry’s exports to Europe
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Sunak celebrates his first year by lifting the cap on bankers’ bonuses – and we’ll all pay for it
In trying to lure back financiers who left because of Brexit, the PM is opening Britain up to a new financial crisis
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“Russian money has completely corrupted the British establishment”: Bill Browder on the Kremlin’s influence over Brexit and a Russia without Putin
The US investor and prominent anti-Putin activist is gloomy about the likelihood of ousting the dictator
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The government should blame itself for rising unemployment – instead it’s blaming the unemployed
Bad policies creating low growth are behind Britain’s poor job numbers, not feckless ex-workers
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If Starmer wins, he should break up the Treasury and remake No 10
Two good ideas for an incoming Labour government come from a former Tory minister’s report
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We are running out of money
The latest analysis by the IFS makes for sobering reading
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The death of the office
Covid permanently changed the way we work. Now the WFH revolution has hollowed out our cities
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Just how secure can we feel about Rachel Reeves’s Securonomics?
Securonomics is not something the existing machinery of the British state is equipped to execute
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Will Rishi Sunak’s financial feud pay off?
The latest scandals and gossip from Westminster and Fleet Street
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Expats are being locked out of their pensions – and Brexit is to blame
The Leave-supporting media is still reluctant to admit it damaged its own readers’ interests
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Can Labour cure Britain’s industrial disease?
Manufacturers are crying out for a long-term strategy. The government won’t supply one. Can the Labour Party step in?
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The Costa living crisis
Brexit has grounded the ‘snowbirds’ who headed for Spanish holiday homes each winter – and ended dreams of expat life in the sun
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Can Rachel Reeves crack the economy’s biggest problem?
The shadow chancellor is winning rave reviews, but needs to tackle productivity
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The costly rise of the high street casino
An 89-year-old German is bringing 24-hour gambling to Britain’s town centres. Can he be stopped?
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Keir Starmer’s trade trap
No, renegotiating with the EU won’t bring a swift end to red tape – and Labour should not pretend it will
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The gift that keeps on giving
Brexit does have benefits – but not for any of us
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The truth about tax: It’s going to keep rising and there’s nothing we can do about it
After years of Tory gaslighting, Britain needs to come to terms with reality
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The Tories are selling out British business
Voters have turned their backs on the government, and now industry is following suit