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Without Marc Warner “thousands would be dead”: the physicist who averted a herd immunity disaster in the UK

The Faculty CEO played a pivotal role in the UK’s pandemic response, but his links to Dominic Cummings have attracted…

By Oscar Williams

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The goodness business: how woke capitalism turned virtue into profit

The goodness business: how woke capitalism turned virtue into profit

Will Dunn

The vaccine business isn’t ready for the next pandemic

The vaccine business isn’t ready for the next pandemic

Will Dunn

Why a UK law to criminalise deforestation won’t save the Amazon

Why a UK law to criminalise deforestation won’t save the Amazon

India Bourke

“We’ve had no helping hand”: Ella Mills on building a wellness empire

The Business Interview

“We’ve had no helping hand”: Ella Mills on building a wellness empire

Emma Haslett and Phil Clarke Hill

Finance

Patricia Zurita: “We need a new economic system based on nature”

The Environment Interview

Patricia Zurita: “We need a new economic system based on nature”

India Bourke

Is Huw Pill, the Bank of England’s new chief economist, an “outrageously bad appointment”?

Is Huw Pill, the Bank of England’s new chief economist, an “outrageously bad appointment”?

Will Dunn

Bitcoin's gold rush was always an illusion

Bitcoin’s gold rush was always an illusion

Will Dunn

How the myth of clean card payments created a cash crisis

How the myth of clean card payments created a cash crisis

Will Dunn

The long read

The fidget business

The fidget business

Pop-its and other fidget toys are selling in their tens of millions. Why are they so popular, and what do…

Economics

How UK consumer confidence is plummeting

Ben Walker

How China’s economy has rapidly slowed

Aisha Majid

People want to work less – and they’re entirely right

People want to work less – and they’re entirely right

James Bloodworth

How London renters are squeezed

Saywah Mahmood

Boris Johnson is asking for trouble by promising a high-wage economy

David Gauke

Boris Johnson’s demand for higher wages is an opportunity for the left

Boris Johnson’s demand for higher wages is an opportunity for the left

Paul Mason

Work

Exclusive: New figures reveal Rishi Sunak’s flagship youth jobs scheme is having little impact

Harry Clarke-Ezzidio and Michael Goodier

“Brexit is a con”: Fred Sirieix of First Dates warns staff shortages will damage the reputation of British cuisine

Anoosh Chakelian

Britain defrosted: What happens when furlough ends?

Britain defrosted: What happens when furlough ends?

Anoosh Chakelian

Is working from home really an improvement on the office?

Jonn Elledge

Davos man’s vision of a post-Covid-19 world makes my skin crawl

Rachel Cunliffe

The debate around office returns misses an opportunity to make work better

The debate around office returns misses an opportunity to make work better

Sarah Manavis