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The satirical magazine has long been a unique example of conservatism and iconoclasm.
‘Fingers crossed for a glorious 2022.’
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There’s a long list of pre-announcements, but it remains to be seen how much turns out to be smoke and mirrors.
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Scott Morrison’s plan relies on many “heroic” assumptions which may or may not turn out to be reasonable.
Glassmakers are among the industries seeking bailouts.
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The government is preparing to offer some kind of limited bailout to businesses that are struggling because of high electricity and gas prices.
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At first glance, the polls suggest the government isn’t feeling the pressure. But there’s another way to look at the situation.
Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak survey a railway site in Manchester,
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Current wage rises will be short term, and expensive for consumers.
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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.