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Why aren't we getting a wealth tax?
How would it work? Can a state really find out how rich someone is? If Britain were to introduce serious wealth taxes, would the super rich simply le…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Unpacking a grim Spring Statement
Growth has halved, welfare has been cut, and defence is hoovering up more and more. Things are looking, and sounding, pretty grim for the Chancellor …
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Are we living through an overdiagnosis epidemic?
In today's Spring Statement Labour are having to make cuts - and welfare has been hit hard. Last week the health secretary Wes Streeting said that to…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Why we can't let go of Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro's most popular novel is as relevant today as when it was published 20 years ago.
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When it was published in 2005, Kazuo Ishiguro’s nove…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Why can't the left be mobilised?
Are Labour on track for their target of 1.5million homes? What is NHS England? Why can't the Green's electrify the left in the same way that Reform h…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Is Boris Johnson ... back?
The prospect of peace in Ukraine, Liz Kendall's welfare cut announcements, and while Kemi Badenoch flails as Conservative leader ... who's waiting ar…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Nato’s fragile future
Since Nato’s inception in 1949, the US has always formed a central part of the alliance and been the biggest contributor to its defensive strength.
Ho…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
How The Beatles' love story shaped the 20th Century
A fateful meeting at a village fête "tilted" the 20th Century "on its axis"
So argues Ian Leslie in his new book, John and Paul: A Love Story in Songs…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
Panic! at the "Nigel dog-and-pony show"
Given the Rupert Lowe drama, what does the future looks like for Reform and Farage?
Hannah Barnes is joined by Andrew Marr and George Eaton to answer …
10 months ago
It's time to debloat the flabby state
This morning the PM announced that the state is overstretched and unfocused. The solution? NHS England has been scrapped, quangos are to be slashed, …
10 months ago