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Britain is broke

Britain is broke
tuesday 20

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Why Reeves should sell her bitcoin hoards

Why Reeves should sell her bitcoin hoards
20.07.2025 9

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Rachel Reeves’s tax raid is to blame for rising unemployment

Rachel Reeves’s tax raid is to blame for rising unemployment
17.07.2025 8

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Broke Britain: how the Bank of England wrecked the economy

17.07.2025 40

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Money / Rising inflation shows how the Bank of England is failing

Money /					 													 						Rising inflation shows how the Bank of England is failing
16.07.2025 7

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Reeves’s Mansion House delusion

Reeves’s Mansion House delusion
16.07.2025 30

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Tax rises are inevitable

Tax rises are inevitable
11.07.2025 6

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Kemi is right. The benefits bill could cripple Britain

Kemi is right. The benefits bill could cripple Britain
10.07.2025 4

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BMA / The doctors’ strike is unforgivable

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09.07.2025 7

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Britain is heading for economic catastrophe

Britain is heading for economic catastrophe
08.07.2025 6

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How the Home Office created the Boriswave

04.07.2025 9

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I feel sorry for Rachel Reeves

02.07.2025 5

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Will the welfare bill really push 150,000 into poverty?

01.07.2025 10

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Britain is facing a doomy economic future

30.06.2025 10

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Revealed / The dodgy data undermining Universal Credit

28.06.2025 4

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Revealed: the dodgy data undermining Universal Credit

27.06.2025 6

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Britain is racing towards a fresh cost-of-living crisis

25.06.2025 3

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Britain is paying for Reeves’s non-dom tax disaster

24.06.2025 4

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Why the Bank of England may welcome job losses

19.06.2025 10

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Why is the ONS saying inflation has gone down?

18.06.2025 5

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Rachel Reeves’s non-dom crackdown has truly backfired

17.06.2025 10

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The good and bad news about the UK-US trade deal

17.06.2025 20

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Why the Israel-Iran war could raise your taxes

15.06.2025 3

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Paul Johnson: The spending review was ‘incomprehensible’

14.06.2025 4

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Reeves needs to tell the public that they’re wrong

13.06.2025 8

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Rachel Reeves’ spending plans are already in doubt

12.06.2025 2

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OnlyFans is giving HMRC what it wants

12.06.2025 7

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NHS the only winner in Reeves’s spending review

11.06.2025 5

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Labour’s National Insurance hike is starting to bite

10.06.2025 10

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What’s new in Reeves’s spending review?

09.06.2025 6

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The ONS blunders. Again

05.06.2025 5

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Will Rachel Reeves heed the warnings over the UK’s gloomy economic outlook?

03.06.2025 6

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Rachel Reeves risks killing off the family business

02.06.2025 20

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Will the economy save the Tories?

30.05.2025 10

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Is this the end of Trump’s tariffs? Don’t count on it

29.05.2025 4

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IMF: Britain will need to raise taxes if it wants to keep spending

27.05.2025 9

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Britain is not in charge of its energy

20.05.2025 8

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Is Britain’s strong growth really because of Rachel Reeves?

15.05.2025 8

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The rich are fleeing – what next?

15.05.2025 10

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Reeves’s jobs tax is beginning to bite

13.05.2025 10

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Deal / US and China slash tariffs

12.05.2025 10

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Has Trump made a deal with China?

12.05.2025 3

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How scuzzy is your neighbourhood?

11.05.2025 5

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Why Britain is cutting interest rates – and the US isn’t

08.05.2025 10

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What would a US trade deal mean for the UK?

08.05.2025 9

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Welfare state / Starmer can’t afford a winter fuel U-turn

06.05.2025 4

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Labour’s benefits cuts aren’t working

27.04.2025 10

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Are things beginning to look up for Rachel Reeves?

25.04.2025 20

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