Long austerity: councillors reveal how much they still cut services
Exclusive polling for the New Statesman reveals which local budgets are being slashed.
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How the UK gave up on policing fraud
Fraud is now endemic, accounting for 40 per cent of crime, but only a tiny minority of cases are ever…
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The list of ministerial interests is a cosy affair
The register shows Rishi Sunak is not the only one with family ties to companies close to government.
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Shoppers aren’t buying the Tories’ economic optimism
Jeremy Hunt might believe in the British economy but its consumers don’t.
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What next for businesses after the Budget?
NatWest’s SME Taskforce welcomed the government’s focus on childcare, but felt that an opportunity to back small enterprises had been…
Why market reform, not freezing bills, is the answer to energy security
New research argues the long-term solution to volatile fossil fuel prices requires public ownership of energy generators.
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Britain’s rising inflation has a hidden cause: corporate greed
Inflation has risen to 10.4 per cent, driven in part by corporate profit-seeking.
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Greying MPs and ministers hit the pension jackpot following Jeremy Hunt’s Budget
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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