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How we became Poland’s poor relation
Poland’s economy is thriving, thanks to the benefits of being in the EU. No wonder Brexiteers see it as a threat
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Want to live with your parents forever? Then vote Tory
Affordable housing should be a defining election issue for Britain’s young people
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Yes, Hunt IS gaslighting us all
Talk of turning a corner is premature when we’re worse off than this time last year
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The death of the office
After Covid, the job fits the employee’s life, not the other way round – how can we handle that shift?
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The UK’s private equity sector is ready to implode
If the Bank of England is right, the reverberations will be felt around the country
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Free-market capitalism made us sick. Now Labour must prioritise wellbeing
Labour should scrap the Tories’ assault on PIP from day one, ending the victimisation of the long-term sick
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Post-Brexit Britain's border disaster
Welcome to the Sevington Inland Border Facility, the Brexiteers’ gift to Britain
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The lies on the bus go round
The Mail claims that NHS funding rises prove Brexit’s most notorious slogan was right. They’re wrong again
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What is Sunak smoking?
The prime minister saw a cigarette ban as his final chance to write a positive legacy. Then more Tory chaos left his relaunch in tatters
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No, David Lammy, Brexit is not settled
The Labour shadow foreign minister has written a thoughtful piece in Foreign Affairs – but when it comes to the EU, he’s wrong
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Big, effective, socially just: A rent revolution could be Labour’s big idea
With political willpower, 2025 could see London become the test bed for a new generation of rent control powers
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Is it time to try a third way of water?
Thames Water is a national scandal, but in Wales a not-for-profit counterpart goes from strength to strength
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Turkey’s economy is paying the price for years of policy mistakes
For years, president Erdoğan won almost every election he contested despite a deteriorating economic outlook
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A tourist tax would help save our crumbling creative sector
Change is needed for the UK’s much-vaunted creative sector to live up to its name
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Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Brexiteers’ Singapore-on-Thames promise was a con
Deceitful Brexiters always knew that a post-Brexit Britain and Singapore would be deeply incompatible
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Ready for a deli drought? Coming soon, the latest Brexit benefit (while stocks last)
Post-Brexit checks and charges on EU food imports are here – and we’ll soon notice their impact
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The ‘brightest and best’ are ignoring Britain’s post-Brexit visa scheme
A plan to lure high achievers is attracting less than 2% of all migrants
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Why have we let the private equity wide boys run riot with our economy?
Giving business free rein while putting ordinary people on a tight leash is part of a depressing pattern
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Why I love the deep state
If it hadn’t been for the civil servants that the Conservatives so gleefully denigrate, Britain would have fallen apart years ago
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Can Britain be honest with itself?
Rachel Reeves will need to confront failures that others have ignored
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Exit the dragon
As Britain sanctions Chinese cyberattackers, Europe starts to break with Xi’s pet funding project
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No wonder the farmers who voted for Brexit are furious
The eye-catching tractor protests are justified from a stitched-up sector that mostly voted Leave
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These crazy housing affordability numbers show Nimbys are killing Britain
The only answer to our property problems is unlocking the ability to build more homes
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Labour’s economic plan is finally taking shape, will it be enough?
If Reeves’ analysis is correct, her securonomics will eventually pay for itself
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The case against payouts for the WASPi women
Pensioners who have benefited greatly from the triple lock should not get more at everyone else’s expense
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Inflation falls, but it’s nothing to do with Sunak
If anyone’s “plan” is working, it’s the Bank of England’s
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The price of British politics
There is an easy way to stop scandals over political donors – by getting rid of them altogether
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The state we’re in: Brexit has left the UK unfit for purpose
Civil service numbers have soared as the government undermines its own response to Brexit
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Timpson’s boss is a breath of fresh air
James Timpson sets the standard that other business owners should look to emulate
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My thwarted trip to Rome
At every step of my breathless and frustrating journey, Gatwick Airport was able to cash in on the unexpected delays
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The next global crisis is here. Debt for the poorest means blowback for us all
The elites of the global south have become remarkably disunited when faced with the prospect of their own bankruptcy
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Kemi Badenoch is hoping no-one notices Britain’s manufacturing slump
The UK has slipped three places to 11th on the list of the world’s top makers