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City chiefs must say it loud and clear: DEI is good for business

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Rhea Freeman

Memo to Starmer: Stand up for the two-state solution

Memo to Starmer: Stand up for the two-state solution

With a smiling and evidently self-satisfied Israeli PM Netanyahu beside him, President Trump on Tuesday made an announcement on the future of Gaza...

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Layla Moran Mp

Kemi has come up with her first policy… and it’s a stinker

Kemi has come up with her first policy… and it’s a stinker

After she was elected, Kemi Badenoch told her shadow cabinet that she wouldn’t reveal any major policies for at least two years, so maybe this is a...

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John Rentoul

You’ll need a bigger rabbit to pull out of your hat, chancellor

You’ll need a bigger rabbit to pull out of your hat, chancellor

Businesses, borrowers and especially Rachel Reeves breathed a sigh of relief when the Bank of England delivered its widely expected interest rate...

yesterday 30

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James Moore

It’s time to demolish Grenfell – it breaks my heart to see it

It’s time to demolish Grenfell – it breaks my heart to see it

The pain has been almost tangible in Notting Dale, west London, since the fate of Grenfell Tower was announced this week. Many people – the...

yesterday 20

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Emma Dent Coad

Interest rate cuts are a much-needed boost for the economy

Interest rate cuts are a much-needed boost for the economy

Like a ray of sunlight through a break in the winter clouds, the reduction in interest rates by the Bank of England offers a glimpse of better...

yesterday 20

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Rhea Freeman

Should Rachel Reeves pay for her mishandling of the economy?

Should Rachel Reeves pay for her mishandling of the economy?

Given everything that she’s done since becoming chancellor of the Exchequer, the odd thing about Rachel Reeves is that she’s still in the job....

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Sean Ogrady

There’s no such thing as an ‘affordable’ home any more

There’s no such thing as an ‘affordable’ home any more

Sometime this year, Halifax’s House Price Index will put the average cost of a British home at more than £300,000. It might already be there. The...

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James Moore

When Gaza is stripped, will the world just stand by?

When Gaza is stripped, will the world just stand by?

Benjamin Netanyahu said that Donald Trump was “thinking outside the box with fresh ideas” and “showing willingness to puncture conventional...

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Letters To The Editor

A Trump tribute act could take power in the UK and wreak similar chaos

A Trump tribute act could take power in the UK and wreak similar chaos

Could it happen here? Could a Donald Trump tribute act sweep into power in the UK, trash the existing order, and overwhelm the system with a series...

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Alan Rusbridger

Trust me – you’re doing lunch all wrong

Trust me – you’re doing lunch all wrong

LUNCH AT THE CHELSEA ARTS CLUB I almost missed it by most of a month, diary dates Knotting in a confusion of emails as I focused on painting,...

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Frieda Hughes

Rayner must keep Grenfell families at the heart of her decisions

Rayner must keep Grenfell families at the heart of her decisions

More than seven years after the Grenfell Tower fire took the lives of 72 people, the blackened remains of the block have been marked for...

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Rhea Freeman

Stop dodging the Gaza issue, PM – get on the right side of history 

Stop dodging the Gaza issue, PM – get on the right side of history 

This week has marked a new, horrifying phase in the long history of attempts to ethnically cleanse the Palestinian people from their homeland....

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Dr Sara Husseini

The global far right are weaponising net zero – and we’ll all suffer

The global far right are weaponising net zero – and we’ll all suffer

Last month was the hottest January on record – the latest in a string of terrifying broken records – and this weekend marks the first anniversary...

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Mp Carla Denyer

Trump’s plan for Gaza is improbable, impossible – and deeply immoral

Trump’s plan for Gaza is improbable, impossible – and deeply immoral

D onald Trump’s suggestion that Gaza be ethnically cleansed of its Palestinian inhabitants has certainly seized the world’s attention. The...

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The Independent View

I lie about everything – and my latest was my biggest yet

I lie about everything – and my latest was my biggest yet

Dear Vix , I have a huge problem – I can’t stop lying . When I see friends and they ask me how things are going, I’ll tell them about people...

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Rhea Freeman

Trump’s plan for Gaza is improbable, impossible – and deeply immoral

Trump’s plan for Gaza is improbable, impossible – and deeply immoral

D onald Trump’s suggestion that Gaza be ethnically cleansed of its Palestinian inhabitants has certainly seized the world’s attention. The...

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Rhea Freeman

Labour’s got the jitters, which is why they’re taking Farage seriously

Labour’s got the jitters, which is why they’re taking Farage seriously

Labour is making plans for Nigel – how to combat Nigel Farage, that is. Until recently, Keir Starmer’s allies believed Reform UK would mainly...

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Andrew Grice

Would Rachel Reeves dare launch a tax raid on our ISAs?

Would Rachel Reeves dare launch a tax raid on our ISAs?

When Rachel Reeves increased national insurance for employers in last October’s Budget, she also put a dent in annual pay rises. Her recent...

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James Moore

Will Starmer condemn Trump’s Gaza plan – or continue to say nothing?

Will Starmer condemn Trump’s Gaza plan – or continue to say nothing?

The latest mutterings from the super-brain that is Donald Trump, on his ideas for the future of Gaza, describe the area as a “demolition site”...

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Clair Woodward

Trump’s colonisation of Gaza is doomed – and dangerous for Americans

Trump’s colonisation of Gaza is doomed – and dangerous for Americans

Donald Trump referred to the Palestinian population of Gaza and the horrors they’ve endured there as bad “luck” no less than four times, as if the...

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Sam Kiley

Turning Gaza into a waterfront playground is peak Trump

Turning Gaza into a waterfront playground is peak Trump

“Shocked, but not surprised” should be the sensible reaction to Donald Trump’s bizarre idea to turn Gaza into the “Riviera of the Middle...

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Rhea Freeman

China won’t take Trump’s trade assault lying down… here’s how

China won’t take Trump’s trade assault lying down… here’s how

Asia woke up to a new shock in the trade war. In a move as simple as it was drastic, the United States suspended the shipment of small packages...

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Michael Sheridan

The NHS caught my cancer – but with AI it can save many more lives

The NHS caught my cancer – but with AI it can save many more lives

The NHS saved my life. There’s no doubt about it. I went into A&E with kidney stones but came out with a cancer diagnosis. And that is the best of...

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Rhea Freeman

We shall see how far ruthless pragmatism takes Keir Starmer in Europe

We shall see how far ruthless pragmatism takes Keir Starmer in Europe

According to the minister for Europe, Nick Thomas-Symonds, the UK must be “ruthlessly pragmatic” in its Brexit reset talks with the European Union....

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Rhea Freeman

When did we become a nation of shoplifters?

When did we become a nation of shoplifters?

When I joined the Metropolitan Police in the early 1990s, arresting shoplifters was my bread and butter. It was how I learned to do my job. In...

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John Sutherland

Trump’s tariffs may be weakening America more than he realises

Trump’s tariffs may be weakening America more than he realises

The reaction of the financial markets to the Trump tariffs provides further proof, were it needed, of the depressing effects of the new US...

04.02.2025 2

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Rhea Freeman

Badenoch’s first 100 days will mark the last gasp of Thatcherism

Badenoch’s first 100 days will mark the last gasp of Thatcherism

The Conservative leader was safe, according to The Guardian 50 years ago this morning. Its headline read: “Buoyant Heath looks set for a clear...

04.02.2025 1

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John Rentoul

Reform UK have topped a poll – but Farage shouldn’t celebrate just yet

Reform UK have topped a poll – but Farage shouldn’t celebrate just yet

An historic moment? Reform UK has, for the first time, topped an opinion poll – and beaten Labour in the process. Prompting some breathless (and...

04.02.2025 3

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Sean Ogrady

Only pubs can save the British high street now

Only pubs can save the British high street now

Pubs are breathing a sigh of relief that Dry January has come to an end (“Expert warns of major mistake people make at end of Dry January”, Sunday...

04.02.2025 1

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Sean Ogrady

Parents and teachers must give Labour’s school reforms a chance

Parents and teachers must give Labour’s school reforms a chance

Elephants are famous for protecting their young. They travel in herds, circling and shielding their loved ones, and will fight to the death to...

04.02.2025 3

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Anthony Seldon

I stopped taking antidepressants, too – I should have known better

I stopped taking antidepressants, too – I should have known better

The tragic death by suicide of financier and diplomat Thomas Kingston last February may have gone largely unnoticed had it not been for the fact...

04.02.2025 1

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Clair Woodward

This is the most likely outcome of the Trump-Netanyahu encounter

This is the most likely outcome of the Trump-Netanyahu encounter

Benjamin Netanyahu may be preparing himself for the high honour of being the first head of government to meet with Donald Trump in the Oval Office,...

04.02.2025 2

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Sam Kiley

The Barclays IT glitch exposes a major flaw in our cashless society

The Barclays IT glitch exposes a major flaw in our cashless society

You know the old adage about it being better to stash your money under the bed than in the bank? We wouldn’t recommend stuffing your life savings...

04.02.2025 1

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Rhea Freeman