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How your spending changes according to your ‘love language’

How would you describe your relationship with money? This is something I ask my coaching clients when we start working together and the range of...

yesterday 30

The Money Coach

Our state primary’s overrun with private schoolers. Playdates are hell

Labour’s decision to impose VAT on private school fees is leading to an exodus of pupils into the state system – and believe me, I’m seeing the...

yesterday 30

Rhea Freeman

Labour’s ‘decade of renewal’ risks being a house without foundations

The usual question posed to ministers with ambitious plans is: “Where will the money come from?” But in the case of Angela Rayner’s much-vaunted...

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The Independent View

If Trump thinks we’ve reached peak aid, climate finance is surely next

After pulling out of the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Paris Climate Agreement, President Trump last week announced a 90-day freeze on...

yesterday 1

The Eco Chamber

Why Kemi Badenoch only has 15 months to save her leadership

When MPs gossip after Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs), they sometimes ask each other whether the session was their party leader’s best...

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Andrew Grice

A cabinet reshuffle is coming: will it include Rachel Reeves?

Someone is out to get Rachel Reeves. “I don’t know what they are saying and of course none of them have gone on the record,” she said on Friday,...

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John Rentoul

This outrageous new ad is proof that body positivity was a lie

It’s the kind of story that should be straight out of 2002: clothing company uses extremely slim model to market its products, then admits to...

previous day 6

Olivia Petter

Under Musk and Trump, the US is no longer a serious country

The Trump circus has made its intentions very clear. Its objectives of giving its voters what they want, regardless of the implications in the...

previous day 6

Erika Guevara-Rosas

Handbag expenses and a dodgy CV? What’ll it take to ditch Reeves?

How much easier would Keir Starmer’s life be if his chancellor, Rachel Reeves, decided that the various allegations flying around about her CV and...

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Sean Ogrady

Will you be my Valent-wine? Here are the most romantic tipples

Romance isn’t just for Valentine’s Day – but it can certainly provide some good inspiration. I’ll be celebrating with a glass or two with my...

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The Wine Down

In the JFK files, there’s no smoking gun – only bombshells

If all goes to plan, Donald Trump will oversee the release of the final remaining classified documents related to the assassination of John F....

friday 2

John Kiriakou

How to spend Valentine’s Day blissfully alone

VALENTINE’S DAY 2025 On Valentine’s Day I’ll be alone. No armfuls of blood-clot roses, Or boxes of gourmet chocolates oozing ganache and...

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Frieda Hughes

It’s time to say no to the government spying on our secrets

Do you own an iPhone? Do you store your data in iCloud? If so, are you happy to hand over all your messages, contacts, documents, emails and photos...

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Alan Rusbridger

Trump has been pumped up and preened by Putin… and royally played

The last 24 hours have been disappointing for Ukraine and the rest of Europe (“Ukraine says it has no plans to attend Trump’s peace talks”,...

friday 1

Emma Clarke

The only people applauding JD Vance are the far right – and Russia

The vice-president of the United States fired a broadside of half-truths and conspiracy theories about his allies in Europe – a continent already...

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Sam Kiley

We’ve avoided recession – but don’t crack open the champagne just yet

The good news is true: we’ve officially avoided a recession. The economy grew (a little) in the last three months of 2024, which is ahead of what...

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James Moore

Why my new towns plan brings hope to Generation Rent

Britain’s new towns movement was one of the most exciting and ambitious projects in our country’s history. It was a huge and lasting achievement....