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Calls to “get drilling” may sound like common sense amid the crisis in the Middle East – but they won’t bring down bills. The real solution lies in…
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Scotland's decision on assisted dying is an opportunity to expand personal autonomy at the end of life.
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The party's deputy leader imagines a Britain in which everyone expects to benefit from the system, but no one feels much obligation to sustain it.
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Christian Concern: Inside the rise of a powerful evangelical lobby
Court cases, think-tank connections and opaque funding streams reveal how a Christian pressure group has become a central player in the UK’s culture-war…
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