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Why can’t Keir Starmer lead?

Starmer has u-turned on key policies and reversed his position on immigration Later this week, Keir Starmer will celebrate the one year...

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Christian May

£100K isn’t a big salary – and we need to talk about it

Meet Henry – a high earner not rich yet (Image created by Chat GPT using the text of this article as a prompt) He lives in a grotty flat, shops in...

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Eliza Filby

Replacing graduates with AI will hurt businesses in the long run

Replacing graduate roles with AI does not build a smarter business, it builds a shallow one, writes Paul Armstrong Youth used to be the bet...

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Paul Armstrong

£1.4 trillion in public spending won’t make Britain a better country

Rachel Reeves faces a difficult challenge in saving public finances. Following the government’s U-tun on welfare reform, Labour’s spending plans...

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Karl Williams

Choosing a chancellor of Cambridge is no joke

LONDON, ENGLAND – MARCH 08: Sandi Toksvig during the #March4Women 2020 on March 08, 2020 in London, England. The event is to mark International...

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Eliot Wilson

Lord Mayor: The unicorns are galloping away

The struggle to obtain capital has seen the number of unicorns (startups valued at $1bn or more) created in the UK slow from 36 in 2021 to 6 in...

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Alastair King

U-turn proves Labour has no real plan to reform welfare

Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall’s welfare bill will need to cut government spending without upsetting Labour backbenchers too much. (Photo:...

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Jean-André Prager

Tariffs, not Iran, will define Trump’s presidency

Trump has lashed out at the chair of the Federal Reserve. Those involved in business need to keep their eye on the right ball. Iran might continue...

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Tim Hames

Is Labour changing its mind about the OBR?

Is Labour changing its mind about the OBR?

Rachel Reeves’ spending splurge has heightened tax concerns. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images) Labour is becoming increasingly disillusioned with...

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Paul Ormerod

What do founders really think of Labour?

What do founders really think of Labour?

The mood among Britain’s founder community has shifted, with 84 per cent now saying they don’t believe the Labour government understand their...

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Eamonn Ives

Brussels’ tobacco ban risks fuelling illegal immigration

Brussels’ tobacco ban risks fuelling illegal immigration

(Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images) A proposed EU tobacco tax hike risks fuelling organised crime, illicit trade, and people smuggling across...

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Tom Pursglove

How thriving, free-market Hong Kong came under the boot of communist China

How thriving, free-market Hong Kong came under the boot of communist China

(Image: Bernard Spragg / Flickr) What began on this day in 1843 ended in a strange form of decolonisation. The UK handed over a territory to...

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Eliot Wilson

Have developed countries discovered the ideal corporate tax rate?

Have developed countries discovered the ideal corporate tax rate?

International tax was once a veritable jungle of exotic regimes, but now many jurisdictions seem to have settled on a natural equilibrium of around...

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Tim Sarson

Have we crossed the AI event horizon?

Have we crossed the AI event horizon?

OpenAI cuts safety tests in ‘reckless’ AI push Despite Sam Altman’s claims that we’ve crossed the AI “event horizon,” the reality is that today’s...

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Lewis Z Liu