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Rachel Reeves will soon need to pick a side
The Chancellor is caught between the neo-Croslandites and the neo-Blairites.
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What makes the toolmaker’s son tick?
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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The strange death of the centre right
Moderate conservatives have allowed themselves to be marginalised by their populist rivals.
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How damaging is the Tulip Siddiq affair for Labour?
MPs are privately frustrated that trust has been squandered so quickly.
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Can the housing and productivity crises be solved at the same time?
The link between poor-quality homes and worklessness might be stronger than the government has bargained for.
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Will Reform supplant the Tories?
The fight for second place is a headache for Kemi Badenoch.
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Labour is paying for its lack of a growth plan
Ministers wrongly believed that ending the Tory psychodrama would be enough to boost the economy.
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How much danger is Rachel Reeves in?
The Chancellor can’t afford more bad news.
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Why Labour should learn to love VAT
The tax is more progressive than its reputation suggests.
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Labour’s politics of prevarication
The UK does not need another lengthy inquiry on care. What it does need is a government with the courage…
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Why Elon Musk is a danger to the Tories
It won’t be Kemi Badenoch that benefits from the fury over the grooming gangs scandal.
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The year ahead: Can Labour escape decline in 2025?
Keir Starmer needs to prove he is more than a crisis manager.
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Will Labour pay for its inconsistency on tax and spend?
If public services fail to improve, the government will be politically vulnerable.
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Keir Starmer must tell a better story
The Prime Minister needs to offer hope as well as gloom.
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Jonathan Reynolds: Business and the centre left are natural partners
The shadow business secretary on Labour’s transformed relationship with industry.
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Iceland’s energy triumph holds lessons for Britain
Firm power can reduce the UK’s electricity prices, as it does in the Nordic island state.
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Britain has never faced decline like this before
The difference with past periods of economic woe is how meekly the political class is accepting the UK’s fate.
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