The petit bourgeois insurrection
Family-owned firms now sit at the heart of America’s fraying democracy.
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The UK doesn’t need to invest in wind farms
For Keir Starmer’s state-owned company Great British Energy to be successful it may need to make unpopular decisions.
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The Tory plan for pensioners is expensive and pointless
Rishi Sunak’s “triple lock plus” is a bribe for voters who don’t need one.
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Will Labour raise taxes?
Taxes will rise whoever forms the next government, and that’s not a bad thing.
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HMRC’s hold music has become our unofficial national anthem
Taxpayers spent 800 years listening to the chirpy, hotel-lobby jazz last year; it is driving our country to distraction.
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Joseph Stiglitz: the UK’s tax system is “inexcusable”
The American economist on how neoliberalism put us on “the road to 21st-century fascism”.
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Revealed: the £80bn hole in council finances
A new analysis suggests 23 local authorities are on the brink of insolvency.
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Should you lend money to Jeremy Hunt?
Investors are showing interest in government bonds at the moment – but there are pros and cons to taking on…
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