Ofgem’s “regulatory failures” cost billpayers £2.7bn
The energy watchdog was “too slow” to prevent supplier bankruptcies, MPs said.
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Elon Musk’s useful philosopher
Silicon Valley billionaires have taken up the ideas of William MacAskill, the leading voice of longtermism. But they will not…
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Prices are rising – and so is insurance fraud
A trend that began at the beginning of the pandemic has accelerated as the cost-of-living rises.
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I am already worrying about re-entering the London rental market
Facing a perfect storm of rent rises, I contemplate leaving the capital.
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In the age of anger, who will offer a vision of the good life?
Labour must remember that there is no progressive politics without optimism.
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Rishi Sunak doesn’t “owe” anything to this country just because he has immigrant roots
His words imply British ethnic minorities are in debt to the country.
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UK politics is the same thing over and over, so why do we expect different results?
I barely remember a time when politics was not this inanely stupid.
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Shows like The Rings of Power and She-Hulk have been runaway successes – why can’t keyboard warriors admit it?
Happily, these shows have proven to be huge hits – extremely popular with audiences and critics alike, despite the trolling.
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“Kids are not commodities”: For-profit children’s homes provide poorer care
Children’s care homes run by private money-making operators have lower Ofsted ratings than those run by councils.
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As financial stability drifts ever further out of reach, I turn to more achievable luxuries
How else can I show the world and myself that I am embracing adulthood?
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From the NS archive: A new look at Britain
23 September 1957: How Labour could make a wealthier society a better society too.
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My local café is the centre of the community – but inflation is killing it
Once a neighbourhood dies, it is lost forever.
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Our public realm is being lost to private avarice
A freely available space where you can work, rest and pee – is that too much to ask?
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From the NS archive: Sex wars
19 October 1929: Our newspapers are full of sex wars, sex repressions, sex this and sex that.
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Liberals should lament the breakdown of the family
It’s not conservative to want better outcomes for your children.
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What’s behind a successful academic hoax?
The competitive nature of academia produces a tendency to group-think, which hoaxers exploit.
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Leader: In defence of the open society
A healthy liberal democracy must guarantee freedom of expression; it must not guarantee freedom from offence.
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From the NS archive: New Woman
2 October 1964: Anti-domestic, anti-romantic and rather anti-men: there is an outburst of programmes on women in society.
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How politics became the chosen hobby of retirees
The politicisation of the young has been widely discussed, but it is the politicisation of the old that has been…
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Why libraries matter for Britain
These cherished spaces will play a crucial role in regenerating the public realm.
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