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The pay rises promised by Rishi Sunak don’t mean the end of austerity

Spending cuts will continue to weaken large parts of the state.

By Stephen Bush

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

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

Louise Perry

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

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People + machines is the formula for success

Adrian Joseph

Why did YouTube delete Novara Media’s channel?

Sarah Manavis

With Turkey in crisis, Erdoğan leans into chaos

With Turkey in crisis, Erdoğan leans into chaos

Megan Gibson

Your very own Sylvia Plath

Anna Leszkiewicz

From Our Writers

Martin Fletcher

Boris Johnson’s “optimism” is a dangerous denial of reality

Sarah Manavis

Vaccine mandates won’t solve our anti-vaxxer problem

Jonathan Liew

The Saudis have promised Newcastle United the world. But what do they want in return?

Louise Perry

What the “Bad Art Friend” story teaches us about privacy

Politics

Will Boris Johnson wear a mask on Budget day?

Wearing a mask may not be necessary for a politician largely immunised against charges of hypocrisy.

By Tim Ross

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Nicola Sturgeon should not assume that demography is destiny

Nicola Sturgeon should not assume that demography is destiny

Chris Deerin

Will selective austerity continue to work for the Conservatives?

Stephen Bush

“The justice system is failing too many women”: Robert Buckland on policing and MPs’ security

Dominic Raab’s assault on the Human Rights Act is dangerously misguided

David Gauke

Did Covid-19 push public opinion in a more left-wing direction?

Did Covid-19 push public opinion in a more left-wing direction?

Anoosh Chakelian and Polly Bindman

Who would win if a general election was held tomorrow?

Josh Rayman, Ben Walker and Michael Goodier

World

American warfare and the battle for profit

New books by Andrew Cockburn and Samuel Moyn ask who are the true winners and losers in today's technology-driven wars.

By Lawrence Freedman

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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

Vladimir Putin won’t attend Cop26, yet Russia has little choice but to engage with climate action

Vladimir Putin won’t attend Cop26, yet Russia has little choice but to engage with climate action

Felix Light

What the race for hypersonic technology says about the US-China arms rivalry

What the race for hypersonic technology says about the US-China arms rivalry

Jeremy Cliffe

Xie Zhenhua: can China’s climate envoy make a difference at Cop26?

Xie Zhenhua: can China’s climate envoy make a difference at Cop26?

India Bourke

Books and Culture

How the Eighties reinvented pop music

Dylan Jones's new book is a fascinating and frustrating account of a bombastic decade.

By Kate Mossman

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What George Orwell's garden reveals about his politics of resistance

What George Orwell’s garden reveals about his politics of resistance

Lyndsey Stonebridge

The Culture Interview

“Our sense of who we are is constantly shifting”: novelist Katie Kitamura on Agatha Christie and being a reluctant critic

American warfare and the battle for profit

Lawrence Freedman

Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch is impossibly accomplished – and a bit boring

David Sexton

On Prioritise Pleasure, Self Esteem turns mainstream pop into an act of rebellion

On Prioritise Pleasure, Self Esteem turns mainstream pop into an act of rebellion

Emily Bootle

Radio & Podcasts

BBC Radio 4’s God Squad has borrowed from Life of Brian – but left behind the laughs

Rachel Cunliffe

Podcasts

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

Can MPs ever be truly safe after Jo Cox and David Amess?

The New Statesman podcast

Can MPs ever be truly safe after Jo Cox and David Amess?

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 goodness business: how woke capitalism turned virtue into profit

The goodness business: how woke capitalism turned virtue into profit

No corporation is without its ideals in the new “emoticonomy”. But what do companies want with their new moral authority?

Magazine

Twilight of the West

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Afghanistan shows the American dream of remaking the world is over

By John Gray

The goodness business: how woke capitalism turned virtue into profit

By Will Dunn

Bernard-Henri Lévy: “Defining oneself by an identity is an impoverishment of what you are”

By Freddie Hayward

Spotlight

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

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

Sarah Dawood

Community Wealth Building should be at the heart of levelling up

Community Wealth Building should be at the heart of levelling up

Sarah Longlands

Is it too soon to automate policy?

Is it too soon to automate policy?

Cristina Lago

How to power the electric vehicle revolution

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How to power the electric vehicle revolution

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