How the “welfare trap” research championed by Toby Young crumbled under scrutiny
At least seven errors have been identified in Adam Perkins’ research that found the “welfare state is warping the personality profile…
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Importing and Exporting in a post-Brexit world
Western Union Business Solutions and the New Statesman hosted a round table of experts to discuss the need to support…
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Labour should recognise that the best Brexit deal is no Brexit
If the UK is forced to obey most EU rules to safeguard the economy, it should seek to remain at…
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Can parliament force a government U-turn on the UK’s customs union membership?
Downing Street is trying to bully Conservative Remainers with the threat of letting in a Jeremy Corbyn government.
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Government could end up spending £600m a year on “mislabelled” apprenticeships
Thousands of UK employers stand accused of presenting existing low-skilled roles as apprenticeships in order to make use of the…
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Anne Boden: big banks “won’t be able to compete” in a digital future
The Starling Bank CEO predicts that innovative fintechs like hers are well on their way to becoming the status quo.
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Meet Aladdin, the computer “more powerful than traditional politics”
How a single computer system came to influence the value of vast swathes of the world's financial assets.
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I’ll miss the youthful thrill of Claire’s Accessories – but the tween Mecca refused to grow up
From an adolescent rite of passage to struggling to stay open: how the tackiest shop on the high street lost…
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