Rishi Sunak pledge tracker: Are the PM’s promises being fulfilled?
As inflation falls to 8.7 per cent, we look at whether Rishi Sunak is any closer to delivering on the five pledges he made to the…
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Katharine Swindells
Katharine Swindells is a data journalist at New Statesman Media Group working with City Monitor.
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Disgruntled “warm bank” users in Conservative seats are a predictor of the party’s electoral wipeout.
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Ping pong bars and tipsy shuffleboard: how pubs became playgrounds
Can the beer-and-peanuts pub survive in the age of gamification?
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Tens of thousands shut out of work by Home Office visa renewal delays
Migrants with the right to work in the UK are being denied jobs – including in care homes –…
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Firefighters and doctors brace for winter fires as people turn to cheap heating
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