Britain’s sense of decline is terminal
Even the Doing-OK parts of the country suffer from the anxieties of the past decade
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Will broken windowism save Labour?
A new neighbourhood policy is designed to make up for Boris Johnson’s betrayal – and combat Nigel Farage
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Inside Stoke’s shattered pottery industry
Facing soaring energy costs and competition from east Asia, Stoke’s ceramicists are struggling to survive
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The cost of apathy in England’s mining towns
Protesters that once fought deindustrialisation have turned instead on immigration.
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Britain’s new-build nightmare
How the dream of home ownership ran into the reality of an under-regulated market.
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The shame of Britain’s hidden homeless
I grew up without a stable home. The thousands of families living like that today deserve better from a Labour…
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The UK’s water watchdogs are not fit for purpose
A new report paints a damning picture of regulation riddled with “gaps in oversight”.
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How Birmingham became Britain’s scapegoat
After a bin strike that has run for weeks, rubbish and rats are consuming Birmingham. Have we forgotten our second…
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