Australian government ‘Grow your own’ campaign billboard, 1943.
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Can suburban gardening and poultry-keeping meaningfully contribute to resilient and sustainable food systems? We look to the past to find out.
It’s this big.
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The new prime minister has made social justice her brand. But the evidence shows just how big a job her predecessors left for her.
One more thing before you fall asleep.
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The truth is, George Osborne’s ideology still rules, even after deficit chasing is abandoned.
Greece has seen a spike in poverty levels.
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New research shows how the financial crisis led to a dramatic shift in poverty across Europe.
Headed for number 11.
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How the new chancellor must do to mitigate the economic effects of Brexit.
Did big business encourage this?
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The way that UK businesses are run goes a long way towards explaining Brexit. It’s time for reform.
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The UK’s withdrawal from the European Union is a product, ironically, of the political elite’s longstanding aversion to democratic self-rule.
The winners.
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The stakes would be even higher for other member states, but populists are bound to make a play for their own referendums.
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Cuts to local councils are being passed onto domestic violence services – here’s what we need to do to prevent it.
Lost in the fog? How the fraudsters got their morals.
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Corporate wrongdoing is underpinned by a morality that many of us have voted for.
Time to look closer to home.
Immigration has been wrongly blamed for the growing pressure on Britain’s public services.
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The G7’s limited membership of like-minded countries gives it significant power to bring about meaningful economic growth.
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Cities don’t have much control over national policies – but that doesn’t mean there’s nothing they can do.
Minding the tax gap.
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The Panama papers show how hard it is to keep on top of tax collection, but outsourcing to the private sector would bring problems of its own.
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Cyprus is successfully exiting its bailout at the end of March after three years.
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On welfare reform, it’s a question of listen and learn.
George Osborne has a tough job on his hands.
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As the UK government delivers its spending plans for the next five years, here’s why a number of controversial cuts are on the cards.
Pushing our luck. Without a food policy, Britain is struggling.
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Britain is more worried about being a food trader than building a system that properly feeds its people.
Under scrutiny.
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We often get the facts wrong, but how we feel about austerity has serious consequences for the political class.
Right of centre.
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Until this week’s tax credits debacle, the Conservatives have performed exquisitely the role of the reasonable and pragmatic English party that swears by its faith in “whatever works”. So far, under the…