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The UK government sees a reliable and low-carbon solution to future energy crises in nuclear power.
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Billed as a speech from a leader making daring decisions to fix the nation, the prime minister’s conference appearance rapidly descended into jokes about beavers.
The buck stops with Boris.
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Five years after David Cameron was pushing for tighter rules around disclosure of beneficial owners, nothing much has changed.
Johnson: artfully unkempt as a way of life.
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When preened and powdered aristocrats starting losing their heads, politicians learned to start dressing like ordinary people.
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The image of a post-Brexit Britain with a strong international presence is being lost to the so-called special relationship.
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Joe Biden seems to have little appetite for closer economic ties.
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A look at the many systems of measurement that have been lost and changed throughout history.
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Flexibility and accepting that stronger control measures might be needed is important given how uncertain things are ahead of winter.
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Without an adequate plan, the UK will be stuck in a cycle of rising deaths and measures introduced too late to counter them.
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Dominic Raab’s successor will face a slew of foreign policy challenges. Here’s how she might approach them.
How to raise taxes and be Conservative at the same time.
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Boris Johnson is raising national insurance for employees and employers to help pay for the NHS and social care.
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Some economists think it should be replaced.
Trying to be iron and quicksilver at the same time.
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With an ageing population, pandemic recovery and climate emergency in the in-tray, social care is not the only thing the chancellor has to finance.
‘The only living worker left’.
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The government’s ‘levelling up’ agenda seems to be taking no account of coming automation.
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It’s the UK government’s flagship policy – but does anyone know what it means?
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Britain is ‘opening up’ after months of COVID-19 restrictions. But it could also be opening itself up to court action for breaching international human rights laws.
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The “Freedom Day” rhetoric around the end of COVID-19 restrictions can be best understood through the lens of propaganda.
Bone of contention: plans for an Irish sea border are deeply unpopular.
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There’s little good faith left in the UK government’s handling of the Northern Ireland protocol
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Ending lockdown on July 19 will be the biggest gamble of Johnson’s political career.
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With Britain keen to make post-Brexit deals, New Zealand can expect favourable terms from a trade agreement – anything less will be a failure.