The Tories have learned to love state intervention – for now
MPs who used to flaunt their small-state credentials now talk of how a bigger government works better. What happened?
ByCost of Living Crisis
The ‘cost of living’ refers to the price of things around the world and how much money people have to spend on essentials. The ‘cost of living crisis’ refers to the fall in ‘real’ disposable income that the UK has experienced since late 2021, which is making it difficult for people to afford food, fuel and basic household items. This crisis is being caused predominantly by high inflation outstripping increases in wages and benefits, and has been further exacerbated by recent tax and energy price increases. Read more about the cost of living crisis here.
Relaxing nursery ratios is no answer to the cost-of-living crisis
The government's proposal will do little, if anything, to reduce the cost of early years places for parents.
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The question is not why the birth rate is falling – it’s why anyone has kids at all
Since 2007 the country has rolled from crisis to crisis. Anyone under 35 has never known the good times.
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Why the UK is in a race to outrun persistent inflation
Those enjoying strawberries and cream beneath their plastic ponchos at Wimbledon this year may be unaware that they are taking…
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Even as a young Tory, I feel like this government is out to get me
If young people can’t put down roots or accumulate capital, they can’t experience the fundamental aspects of life that make…
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“We don’t want to see NHS strikes”: Wes Streeting and Rachel Reeves on Labour in an age of inflation
The shadow chancellor and shadow health secretary open up about the opposition’s plan for the economy.
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Brexit’s critics have been vindicated – but there are no easy answers
While the best solution to the UK’s woes is to rejoin, neither the British public nor the EU is ready…
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Stop telling people not to ask for a pay increase
Ministers are breezily talking about removing the cap on bankers’ bonuses. Restraint for thee; bonanza for me.
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Seventy per cent of British voters say the cost of childcare keeps mothers at home
Exclusive poll: the number of mothers leaving the workforce is rising, as 60 per cent of the public deem childcare…
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Is Brexit to blame for the UK’s extra inflation?
Inflation in the UK has reached 9.1 per cent; economists say life outside the EU could make these conditions more…
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Will the Tories lose the true-blue constituency of Tiverton and Honiton?
Thursday’s by-election comes after the former MP Neil Parish resigned after being caught watching pornography in the House of Commons.
Blaming Labour for the rail strikes could backfire on the government
It can refuse to intervene in the rail workers’ dispute – but if disruption spreads to the public sector No…
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Inflation will be far higher for the poorest Britons
Lower-income households are hit much harder by rises in gas and electricity bills.
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Why the UK should prepare for a spike in food prices
Record-high food inflation could lead to more families on lower incomes skipping meals.
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PMQs: Keir Starmer dodges the Rwanda trap
The Labour leader avoided a row over deportations and doubled down on the issue likely to dominate the next general…
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Britain is once again the sick man of Europe
The UK is predicted to record the worst economic growth of any major country except Russia next year. What has…
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From the NS archive: The twenty-year wait
19 December 1980: Britain will soon be well on the way to recreating the slum housing problems of the Forties.
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How Tory governments left voters paying a duke’s heating bill
Consecutive Conservative governments have failed to support energy efficiency measures for the masses.
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China’s never-ending Covid lockdown story
Parts of Shanghai have again been put under lockdown restrictions, with further implications for the global cost-of-living crisis.
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How fuel prices have surged to a record high in the UK
The cost of filling a family car with petrol has passed £100 for the first time.
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