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Why Britain is so poor – and will get poorer

The Iran war is the shock that could spark an economic firestorm

By Andrew O’Brien

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Is Omaze too good to be true?

Is Omaze too good to be true?

Hollie Wright

The Weekend Report

When a foreign billionaire sacks British workers, the taxpayer gets the bill

Will Dunn

Of course we should ban kids from social media

Ian Holdroyd

The securities-fraud war

Will Dunn

Elon Musk vs the woke mind virus

The Weekend Essay

Elon Musk vs the woke mind virus

Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff

The Weekend Interview

Nick Butler: We thought we could rely on an open energy market. This crisis will prove that’s not adequate

Megan Gibson

The big read

The QE theory of everything

The QE theory of everything

How the $30 trillion quantitative easing experiment reshaped our world – from Brexit to the dominance of Big Tech.

By Will Dunn

Economics

Private equity's hostile takeover of Britain

Private equity’s hostile takeover of Britain

Duncan Weldon

Britain can't afford to be middle class anymore

Britain can’t afford to be middle class anymore

Anoosh Chakelian

After the Iran war, the electro-state will rise

After the Iran war, the electro-state will rise

Michael Jacobs

Yanis Varoufakis: Trump has been betraying Maga’s base since day one

International Politics

Yanis Varoufakis: Trump has been betraying Maga’s base since day one

Oli Dugmore

Spotlight on Investment

The “Big North-West Upgrade” begins

Partner content

The “Big North-West Upgrade” begins

Louise Beardmore

Why Labour’s growth plan must empower UK retail investors

Partner content

Why Labour’s growth plan must empower UK retail investors

Rupert Osborne

An investment in jobs, skills, and industrial capacity

Partner content

An investment in jobs, skills, and industrial capacity

Lord Hutton of Furness

Energy storage must not be overlooked on the road to net zero

Partner content

Energy storage must not be overlooked on the road to net zero

Chris O'Shea

Finance

The housing market has already crashed

The housing market has already crashed

Will Dunn

Rachel Reeves has a choice

Rachel Reeves has a choice

James Meadway

Cold-water swimming with Canary Wharf bankers

The Weekend Report

Cold-water swimming with Canary Wharf bankers

Lotte Brundle

Inside the Tony Blair Institute

Inside the Tony Blair Institute

Peter Geoghegan and May Bulman

Work

You should be cheating on your job

Sam Kahn

The great lie about the British welfare state

Andrew O’Brien

The cruelty of Kemi Badenoch’s “Benefits Street” politics

The cruelty of Kemi Badenoch’s “Benefits Street” politics

Anoosh Chakelian

Would anyone work if they didn’t have to?

Rachel Cunliffe

Britain’s youth unemployment epidemic

Ella Dorn

The truth about junior doctors’ pay

The truth about junior doctors’ pay

Will Dunn