Populism is in decline in the West but the UK is still paying the price
The Brexit vote made what could have been a passing fashion a near-permanent feature of our politics.
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The Brexit vote made what could have been a passing fashion a near-permanent feature of our politics.
ByDivided parties don’t win elections – and, as Sunak is discovering, they cannot effectively govern either.
ByIt isn’t schools and universities that are pushing young people leftwards – it’s the housing crisis and student debt.
ByThe winds of change are blowing in favour of this renewable energy source.
ByOnly allowing them into elite universities relegates domestic students to lower-tier universities – which end up deprived of funding.
ByThe Home Secretary had a difficult time when she was questioned by MPs.
ByThere needs to be a long-term funding plan to protect services, says the Local Government Association.
ByJeremy Hunt missed an opportunity to improve the population’s health in his Autumn Statement.
ByIncidents like the death of Awaab Ishak are thankfully rare; the conditions that lead to them are all too common.
ByWhile Labour is setting the terms of the next election, the Tories are unable to move on from the legacy…
ByIt is hard to think of a worse economic backdrop for a party planning a general election in 2024.
ByThe Chancellor is expected to announce £24bn of tax rises – and some senior Tory MPs are already expressing dissent.
ByThe Chancellor is said to be planning up to £60bn of austerity measures.
ByRather than cutting public spending again, the government should finally tax the UK’s vast reserves of housing wealth.
ByThe parallels with the Gavin Williamson scandal are impossible to ignore.
ByA decade and a half of ultra-low interest rates gave ministers the perfect opportunity to upgrade the fabric of this…
ByThe former chancellor has claimed he advised “slowing down” on fiscal reform – but he can’t escape responsibility for 50…
ByShort-term sticking plasters rather than long-term healing may be too tempting for Rishi Sunak’s unpopular government.
ByGovernments too rarely spend for the long term – a new institution could help change that.
ByA nurses strike only adds to the Prime Minister’s woes ahead of his spending cuts announcement next week.
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