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Tax is the answer – why won't Labour take the shot?
Britain needs to raise more money to meet the moment. The question is why Labour still won’t say so.
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Labour has just moved the dial on workers’ rights – now it must go further
After years of decline, workers’ rights are finally improving. The question is whether the Government is willing to enforce deeper structural change.
Apr 7
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Starmer needed one good fight, now he has two
From Iran to Silicon Valley, two moments are forcing political clarity. Keir Starmer finally has a chance to define what his government stands for.
Mar 31
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Across Europe, the far-right is no longer inevitable
The breakthroughs are less decisive, the contradictions harder to ignore, and the coalition more fragile. Are we seeing the beginning of the end of the…
Mar 24
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More drilling won’t fix Britain’s latest energy crisis
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…
Mar 21
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What does a good death look like?
Scotland's decision on assisted dying is an opportunity to expand personal autonomy at the end of life.
Mar 17
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Reform’s patriots don’t want to pay for their country
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.
Mar 17
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Blind loyalty to Washington will not keep Britain safe
Without the rule of law, Britain risks being pulled into yet another conflict not of its making
Mar 3
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Gorton and Denton by-election: The silent majority isn't silent, and it isn't Reform
Hannah Spencer’s historic Green victory shows voters are rejecting division and embracing progressive politics
Feb 27
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Reform's proposals for a 'British ICE' would normalise fascism
Homes and workplaces would become sites of state coercion under the proposals announced by Zia Yusuf for a UK Deportation Command.
Feb 24
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What next, Keir Starmer?
If Starmer can pivot decisively toward a politics of fairness, he may yet turn survival into renewal.
Feb 17
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This is how we fix Universal Credit
The basic rate of benefit support falls woefully short – Iain Porter, senior policy advisor at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, explains what needs to…
Feb 12
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