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The limits of Andy Burnham

The limits of Andy Burnham

David Edgerton and Karel Williams

The bond markets will not rescue Keir Starmer

Will Dunn

The Weekend Essay

The case for Manchesterism

Mathew Lawrence

Tony Blair: break the triple lock, remake the state pension

Will Dunn

Why Britain is so poor – and will get poorer

Why Britain is so poor – and will get poorer

Andrew O’Brien

British Politics

Is Omaze too good to be true?

Hollie Wright

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

It's so much worse than Tony Blair thinks

It’s so much worse than Tony Blair thinks

Andrew O’Brien

Manchesterism needs steel, not just services

British Politics

Manchesterism needs steel, not just services

Ben Glover

How to placate the bond markets

How to placate the bond markets

Will Dunn

Private equity's hostile takeover of Britain

Private equity’s hostile takeover of Britain

Duncan Weldon

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

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

Chris O'Shea

Finance

The housing market has already crashed

British Politics

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

One million Neets are a statistic, but every Neet is a tragedy

Joseph Williams

You should be cheating on your job

Sam Kahn

The great lie about the British welfare state

The great lie about the British welfare state

Andrew O’Brien

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

Britain’s youth unemployment epidemic

Ella Dorn