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The price of the planet: who will step up at Cop26?

As world leaders gather in Glasgow, richer nations must agree who pays the bill for climate action.

By Philippa Nuttall

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Rishi Sunak may yet have to raise taxes again, not cut them

Rishi Sunak may yet have to raise taxes again, not cut them

David Gauke

Health & Science

How long does the Covid vaccine last – and is natural immunity better?

Stuart Ritchie

Partner content

People + machines is the formula for success

Adrian Joseph

The SNP needs to stop blaming everyone but itself

Chris Deerin

Peter Thiel: Big Tech’s dark prophet

Peter Thiel: Big Tech’s dark prophet

William Davies

Republicans can’t resist Donald Trump’s playbook, even if they try

Emily Tamkin

From Our Writers

Paul Mason

Rachel Reeves’s Budget response shows she can compensate for Keir Starmer’s weaknesses

Jeremy Cliffe

The biggest barrier to radical climate action is the global epidemic of mistrust

Helen Thompson

The UK-EU relationship is unravelling before Keir Starmer’s eyes – but still he ties himself in knots over Brexit

Louise Perry

Injection spiking is likely very rare – so why are we so scared?

Politics

Tories bicker about face masks, but Covid economics is what really divides them

The fiscal measures introduced over the past 18 months have been agonising for many Conservatives – particularly Rishi Sunak.

By Stephen Bush

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Cop26 is the world’s best chance to solve the climate crisis. It may also be its last

Cop26 is the world’s best chance to solve the climate crisis. It may also be its last

Nicola Sturgeon

Rishi Sunak’s 2021 Budget is one giant U-turn

Stephen Bush

How generous was Rishi Sunak’s 2021 Budget and Spending Review really?

Who would win if a general election was held tomorrow?

Josh Rayman, Ben Walker and Michael Goodier

Would the British public support another Covid-19 lockdown?

Would the British public support another Covid-19 lockdown?

Ben Walker

The Politics Interview

“This isn’t a one-off anymore”: Stephen Timms MP on being stabbed – and why he wants to meet his attacker

Anoosh Chakelian

World

The biggest barrier to radical climate action is the global epidemic of mistrust

It’s no good bowling alone if we’re to have any success in resolving Covid-19 or climate change.

By Jeremy Cliffe

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A trip to the Caucasus mountains, what the pandemic revealed about power, and Putin’s fear

A trip to the Caucasus mountains, what the pandemic revealed about power, and Putin’s fear

Bruno Macaes

IUCN’s Al Mubarak: the conservation leader who says we can work with oil majors

IUCN’s Al Mubarak: the conservation leader who says we can work with oil majors

India Bourke

American warfare and the battle for profit

American warfare and the battle for profit

Lawrence Freedman

Japan’s new prime minister enjoys the upper hand as elections loom

Japan’s new prime minister enjoys the upper hand as elections loom

Ido Vock

Books and Culture

How science conquered climate change denial

Experts and activists battled the fossil fuel lobby to establish the facts of global warming.

By Anjana Ahuja

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Your very own Sylvia Plath

Your very own Sylvia Plath

Anna Leszkiewicz

Peter Thiel: Big Tech’s dark prophet

The plush overkill of Edgar Wright’s Last Night in Soho

Ryan Gilbey

Stephen Merchant’s new series The Outlaws is uneven and unfunny

Rachel Cooke

Bernardine Evaristo’s memoir is a story of prejudice and perseverance

Bernardine Evaristo’s memoir is a story of prejudice and perseverance

Elif Shafak

The Greats Outdoors

How Chiura Obata combined the traditions of Japanese and American art

Michael Prodger

Podcasts

Who were the winners from Rishi Sunak’s 2021 Budget?

The New Statesman podcast

Who were the winners from Rishi Sunak’s 2021 Budget?

The energy consumer of the future

The New Statesman podcast

The energy consumer of the future

The New Statesman Podcast: Subscribers’ edition

The New Statesman podcast

The New Statesman Podcast: Subscribers’ edition

Cop26: EU climate chief Frans Timmermans warns of the costs of inaction

Cop26: EU climate chief Frans Timmermans warns of the costs of inaction

Business and Economics

Davos man’s vision of a post-Covid-19 world makes my skin crawl

Rachel Cunliffe

Inside Klarna’s British charm offensive

Oscar Williams

“Three per cent of people in the financial sector are psychopaths.” Manfred Kets de Vries on CEOs

The Business Interview

“Three per cent of people in the financial sector are psychopaths.” Manfred Kets de Vries on CEOs

Are we heading for a new era of “stagflation”?

James Meadway

Business and Finance

IR35: is this incredibly specific tax change exacerbating the petrol crisis?

Emma Haslett

Amanda Staveley: the football financier who brought Newcastle to the Saudis

Amanda Staveley: the football financier who brought Newcastle to the Saudis

Will Dunn

The Long Read

The wild ride to come

Energy & Climate Tech

The wild ride to come

Why the so-called “energy crisis” is both a threat and an opportunity.

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Our Fragile Future

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The price of the planet: who will step up at Cop26?

By Philippa Nuttall

The wild ride to come

By Adam Tooze

What we lost: writers on the climate crisis

By Ai Weiwei, Thomas Keneally, Richard Flanagan, Ahdaf Soueif, Orhan Pamuk, Annie Proulx and Tessa Hadley

Spotlight

Workplace well-being: why employers should invest in mental health

Workplace well-being: why employers should invest in mental health

Sarah Dawood

Generation Burnout: how Covid-19 pushed NHS staff to the brink

Generation Burnout: how Covid-19 pushed NHS staff to the brink

Samir Jeraj

Money alone will not fix the NHS

Money alone will not fix the NHS

Jeremy Hunt MP

How to power the electric vehicle revolution

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How to power the electric vehicle revolution

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