The meanwhile space deception
Temporary neighbourhood gimmicks are turning your next home into a Potemkin village.
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Brexit has made the EU less liberal and open
Brussels’ embrace of protectionism is a problem for those who yearn for closer ties with Europe.
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Would public sector pay rises cause inflation?
Steve Barclay claimed higher pay for public sector workers "would not be consistent with bringing the inflation target down." He’s…
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Hands off the triple lock
The policy has reduced grim pensioner poverty – and politicians tinkering with it will not lessen inequality.
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Letter of the week: A state’s real wealth
Write to letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
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Britain’s crumbling schools are the result of an investment crisis
Pupils return to home-education after the Department of Education deems 156 schools structurally unsafe.
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Britain’s tax delusion
It is useless to pretend that in a world of high public debt voters can be spared increased taxes.
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Britain’s great tax con
The UK’s tax system entrenches inequality, stymies growth, and rewards a few at the expense of the many.
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The town that was gambled away
Thurrock Council has been left effectively bankrupt after hundreds of millions of pounds were put into risky investments.
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Adam Posen: “Brexit is a trade war by the UK on itself”
The US economist and former Monetary Policy Committee member on how Britain became so poor and where Labour is going…
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The UK economy is one big tracker mortgage
Britain’s use of inflation-linked debt will lead to higher costs for years to come.
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With its impossible rents, London is trying to spit me out
In June I replied to 22 adverts on SpareRoom and made it through to five viewings. The competition is wild.
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“Security”: the inside story of Labour’s new buzzword
Keir Starmer’s party believes it has found a term that speaks positively to all parts of the political spectrum.
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Labour’s fiscal paradox
Keir Starmer is doing everything he can to not be Liz Truss – but does that mean he’s just Rishi Sunak?
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Why the EU has out-Trumped Trump
Europe has proved far more adept at building walls than the former US president was.
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Is universal basic income possible here?
In Jarrow, where jobless men once marched for work, a radical experiment in free money is unfolding.
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Why are Brits on £180k so sad?
A new study of the wealthy reveals they feel just as precarious as the rest of us.
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The Bank of England is complicit in the Tories’ economic failures
Andrew Bailey incurs the public’s wrath for today’s economic pain, but his predecessors have questions to answer as well.
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Broke Britannia
Britain is trapped in a cycle of inflation and economic pain. What will it take to break it?
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Politicians can no longer count on low inflation to mask the structural flaws of the British economy.
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