New oil fields are bad news for North Sea workers
Rishi Sunak’s plan to “max out” UK oil and gas is out of sync with the reality of soon-to-peak fossil…
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The Parliament Brief: Is the UK prepared for more flooding?
The Environment Secretary Thérèse Coffey faced questions from MPs on whether the country is ready for the winter.
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Where have all the Tory women gone?
The Conservative Party is struggling to promote female candidates for the next election.
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The stories Rishi Sunak cannot tell
The Prime Minister’s first year in office was defined by his silences.
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The Research Brief: why raising taxes might be central to tackling regional inequalities
Your weekly dose of policy thinking.
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Is Rishi Sunak’s leadership in danger?
The Prime Minister’s attempted “reset” has alienated both One Nation moderates and the Tory right.
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We need another Industrial Revolution
In an age of insecurity, globalisation and the knowledge economy have failed Britain.
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The Tories still think the voters are the problem, not them
As they deny the evidence in front of their eyes, the Conservatives are heading further right.
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Danger still lies ahead for Labour
As the party celebrates its by-election triumphs, the Middle East could yet upend British politics.
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Labour’s two by-election victories put the party in landslide territory
The Tories may now call an election as late as January 2025 as they bid to avoid one of the…
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Smoking is a tax
Tobacco levies give the government £14bn-a-year, and are mostly paid by the people who can least afford them.
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The Tories needed to win conference season – but they lost it
For the first time since 1996, this looked like a Labour opposition destined for election victory.
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No 10 strategists are wrong to think Keir Starmer is weak
The Labour leader has treated past embarrassments in his party with much more ruthlessness than Rishi Sunak has done.
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Keir Starmer’s speech made the Tories look like the opposition
The hopes that Rishi Sunak’s allies had for conference season have been wholly disappointed.
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Labour and the death of consensus
Britain is desperate for a new politics. Is Labour prepared to seize that chance?
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Suella Braverman’s luxury hostilities
The Home Secretary will never solve the problems she so feverishly describes.
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Partygate on Channel 4 should inspire a revolution
For those of us who didn’t read every word of the Sue Gray report, this pandemic drama reveals the extent…
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The farce of scrapping the Manchester leg of HS2
Only this government would announce a policy such as this in Manchester, and still lay claim to levelling up.
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Rishi Sunak can’t campaign
Tory HQ is planning a presidential push around a man who the public like less the more they see of…
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Why is Rishi Sunak so isolated?
At Conservative Party conference, the Prime Minister is lost between the factions.
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