Why a Brexit inquiry would be ideal but impossible
A Tory government will never admit it has impoverished our country.
ByGeorge Osborne
The left shouldn’t rush to blame Liz Truss for Britain’s woes
The former PM is a sideshow – the real damage was done by the “sensible” people who championed austerity.
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Martin Wolf: “Austerity and Brexit made everything worse”
The chief economics commentator of the Financial Times reflects on the failures of globalisation and how the UK became the…
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Libertarians hated it, but the sugar tax might just have worked
Researchers think it could have helped prevent obesity. Now there are calls to extend the levy and use it to…
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Why do so many Tories love Keir Starmer?
The Labour leader’s Tory fan club reflects his party’s shift to the centre – and the Conservatives’ dismal electoral prospects.
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“It polled off the charts”: the benefit cap is for popularity not saving money, claims former Tory welfare minister
Why ministers are still refusing to review the “intolerable” and “arbitrary” austerity-era welfare policy.
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How Boris Johnson can save his premiership
The Prime Minister needs to look like he’s changed. It’s time to bring George Osborne and Theresa May into his…
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Conservative MPs have a familiar worry about the Universal Credit cut
As welfare is cut again, Tory MPs are haunted by the consequences of George Osborne’s 2015 Budget.
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