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Britain’s growth figures are even worse than they look

Britain’s growth figures are even worse than they look
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Ed Miliband’s lonely war on the North Sea

Ed Miliband’s lonely war on the North Sea
11.09.2025 6

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Mind games / Autism isn’t a ‘superpower’

Mind games /					 													 						Autism isn’t a ‘superpower’
11.09.2025 8

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Workshy disease / Is this the real reason Brits are taking so many sick days?

Workshy disease /					 													 						Is this the real reason Brits are taking so many sick days?
09.09.2025 5

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Angela Rayner is the victim of a convoluted tax system

Angela Rayner is the victim of a convoluted tax system
05.09.2025 10

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The real scandal is how much stamp duty Angela Rayner had to pay

The real scandal is how much stamp duty Angela Rayner had to pay
04.09.2025 4

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Of course tax rises won’t help economic growth

Of course tax rises won’t help economic growth
03.09.2025 4

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Digital IDs won’t fix the migrant crisis

Digital IDs won’t fix the migrant crisis
03.09.2025 20

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Tariff trouble / Trump’s tariff war faces its toughest test yet

Tariff trouble /					 													 						Trump’s tariff war faces its toughest test yet
31.08.2025 10

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Trump’s tariff war faces its toughest test yet

Trump’s tariff war faces its toughest test yet
30.08.2025 9

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Reeves’s glum Budget briefings are hurting the economy

Reeves’s glum Budget briefings are hurting the economy
29.08.2025 7

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Rachel Reeves is itching to whack up taxes

Rachel Reeves is itching to whack up taxes
28.08.2025 5

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Climate / Should we worry about Britain’s ‘hottest summer on record’?

Climate /					 													 						Should we worry about Britain’s ‘hottest summer on record’?
27.08.2025 4

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Sick note / Record jobless benefits are a national scandal

Sick note /					 													 						Record jobless benefits are a national scandal
26.08.2025 10

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Is the ‘sixth mass extinction’ a myth?

Is the ‘sixth mass extinction’ a myth?
24.08.2025 6

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The unions will regret their Autumn of Discontent

22.08.2025 10

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Why we can’t drive, fix or sell our Citroen

22.08.2025 10

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Why are white children doing worst at GCSEs?

21.08.2025 4

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Rachel Reeves’s ‘mansion tax’ would distort the housing market

20.08.2025 10

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Protectionism / Labour’s grants won’t save the electric car market

19.08.2025 4

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Labour will regret its attack on nature

18.08.2025 20

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Britain has a wind problem

15.08.2025 20

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The hot weather has become workshy Britain’s latest excuse

14.08.2025 20

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Air con / Regulation – not climate change – is making our flats unbearably hot

13.08.2025 9

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Rachel Reeves’s assault on the British economy continues

12.08.2025 9

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Kemi is wrong about council tax

11.08.2025 10

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Reeves is to blame for the next cost of living crisis

08.08.2025 8

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Higher gambling taxes won’t solve child poverty

07.08.2025 10

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It’s time to crack down on civil service sick days

06.08.2025 10

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The OBR has seen sense on migration. Will Rachel Reeves?

05.08.2025 50

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School of thought / Picking on foreign students won’t solve the migration crisis

04.08.2025 10

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Tariff time / Trump hasn’t won the trade war

02.08.2025 7

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Trump hasn’t won the trade war

01.08.2025 8

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It’s no surprise that nurses want to strike

31.07.2025 3

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The air traffic control failure looks like cock-up rather than conspiracy

31.07.2025 4

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Has the IMF changed its tune on Brexit?

30.07.2025 9

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Trump is right about North Sea oil

29.07.2025 5

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What Trump gets right about Britain’s windfarms

28.07.2025 10

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Why couldn’t Britain have dealt with the EU like Trump?

28.07.2025 10

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The BMA should be careful what it wishes for

25.07.2025 7

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Britain must not bow to the ICJ

24.07.2025 10

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Why don’t we let Thames Water go bust?

22.07.2025 20

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EU / The youth mobility scheme is just the start of a Brexit reversal

21.07.2025 3

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The hypocrisy of Labour’s attacks on Reform’s net zero plans

21.07.2025 20

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Will 16-year-olds vote Labour?

17.07.2025 4

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Britain can’t afford to let migrants live on benefits

16.07.2025 4

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Rachel Reeves’s mortgage reforms reek of desperation

15.07.2025 8

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Bribing motorists to buy electric vehicles is an expensive mistake

15.07.2025 10

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Will Ed Miliband’s climate change speech be a ‘radical truth’?

14.07.2025 10

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Streeting only has himself to blame for striking doctors

11.07.2025 5

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