Five solutions to the council finance crisis
Other than a cash injection, how can local leaders save authorities from a wave of bankruptcies?
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Labour’s £28bn U-turn shows why we need Green MPs
Our largest political parties seem unwilling to invest in a secure, green future.
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How Labour can free itself from the tyranny of the bond market
The party could save up to £130bn by abandoning the Bank of England’s reckless quantitative tightening.
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Pride of place is an economic issue
Civic identity, core to the government’s Levelling-up and Regeneration Act, relies on investment in public infrastructure.
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PMQs review: Rishi Sunak’s year keeps getting worse
The Prime Minister’s crude trans joke and his £1,000 Rwanda bet have exposed his lack of judgement.
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Keep the Apprenticeship Levy for apprenticeships
The Skills Minister doesn't agree with calls to spend the levy on other skills.
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Rishi Sunak’s Northern Ireland victory rings hollow
The Prime Minister has merely resolved problems created by his own party.
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Glossy PR created Brand Rishi but it won’t save him now
Even social media guru Cass Horowitz can't make up for a lack of decent political instincts.
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“Sick to death of chaos”: Iceland boss Richard Walker on leaving the Conservatives
The businessman has turned against Rishi Sunak’s bonfire of a party.
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Why we need a national employment service
The government's employment service Jobcentre Plus must reframe its focus beyond skills.
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How to fix the apprenticeship levy
Flexibility is needed to fix the skills pipeline.
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Brexit is not as secure as it appears
Voters have concluded that leaving the EU was a mistake because all the government can offer is damage limitation.
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Citizens’ assemblies can solve Britain’s migrant crisis
Public opinion is more nuanced on migration than debate in Westminster allows.
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PMQs review: Keir Starmer pins the ailing economy on the Tories
That a Conservative MP, George Freeman, has admitted he struggles to pay his mortgage makes that task even easier.
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The conservative paradox
The Tories face electoral oblivion, having failed to grasp that voters look to government for a shield against insecurity. Is…
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The dirty half-dozen: Tory right divides to rule, again
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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The rotten state
How corruption and chumocracy are pulling Britain apart.
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Sunak’s smoking ban looks like legacy politics
The Prime Minister seems to be searching for answers to the question: what did you actually do in office?
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George Freeman: a Labour government is very likely
The former Conservative science minister on the opportunities of a Starmer administration.
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What do Penny Mordaunt, Simon Clarke and Jacob Rees-Mogg have in common? Impending irrelevance
None of these people deserve our attention any more.
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