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On 28 October 1787, Thomas Clarkson pushed through the crowds to reach the pulpit of Manchester Cathedral. A campaigner for abolishing slavery, he...
On Wednesday, the energy secretary, Miatta Fahnbulleh, gave the go-ahead for gas production to begin at the Jackdaw gasfield in the North Sea. This...
The prime minister’s economic vision looks dangerously like a game of two halves
Opponents of big-state socialism have never been more in need of a strong Conservative Party and rarely further from having one
On the day I became prime minister, I pledged to bring power to every postcode. Today, we begin to make good on that promise in the most literal...
In a difficult and dangerous world, a decade on from Brexit, there is a risk that Britain loses the confidence to lead and stand up for its values....
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I’ve always thought you can tell something about a country by what it learns to walk past. And, somewhere along the way, we’ve got used to seeing...
I make no apology for being a huge fan of Britain’s buses. Listen to this article They’re one of the best ways we’ve got for people to get...
It’s remarkable how much of modern life can seem designed to wear us down. Every “sale” seems to come with an asterisk. Consumer contracts often...
On Monday, while the cameras were fixed on that famous black door in Downing Street, something important was happening 165 miles away. A small team of...
After years of duds and dilettantes, true operators have returned to Downing Street — but that won’t guarantee success
A fair bus fare. That’s the commitment this government has made to millions of passengers today. Listen to this article From January, we’re...
Andy Burnham is now Prime Minister. Here is the speech he gave in Downing Street this afternoon: I have just come from Buckingham Palace, where I have...
The political realities point to the new PM going long — but not too long
It would be a crime to lose the UK’s envied tech and life science status within Europe
Starmer’s presumptive heir is locked in a battle over Britain’s past — and future — with Nigel Farage