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Why Britain isn't working - with Alison McGovern, Minister of State for Employment
Why Britain isn't working - with Alison McGovern, Minister of State for Employment

The number of working age people out of work in Britain 2010 was around 9 million. In 2025? Around 9 million. But why is worklessness in Britain now …

10 months, 3 weeks ago

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Russia has been brought in from the cold
Russia has been brought in from the cold

Donald Trump has reached out to Vladimir Putin, over the heads of Ukraine and Europe. The Western alliance is fracturing, so what comes next? Can Eur…

10 months, 3 weeks ago

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Did JD Vance boost Germany's far right?
Did JD Vance boost Germany's far right?

Last Friday the US Vice President - JD Vance, took to the stage and railed against his country’s European allies, accusing them of not listening to v…

10 months, 3 weeks ago

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Why fiction matters - Deborah Levy
Why fiction matters - Deborah Levy

The novel is a living thing, argues author Deborah Levy in the New Statesman Goldsmith's Prize lecture.


Tom Gatti hosts Deborah Levy, author of Swimmi…

10 months, 4 weeks ago

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The rise of the "super-council" - plus, assisted dying interview with Kim Leadbeater
The rise of the "super-council" - plus, assisted dying interview with Kim Leadbeater

Are local council changes "an attack on democracy"?


Rachel Cunliffe and Megan Kenyon join Hannah Barnes to discuss changes to the rules governing loc…

11 months ago

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A Labour crash is coming
A Labour crash is coming

Keir Starmer is making a radical shift to appease Reform and "blue labour".


"There has been a conservative revolution going on around the world," says…

11 months ago

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Who should decide how our children are taught?
Who should decide how our children are taught?

The freedoms that the UK's academy schools have been granted could be curtailed.

 

Labour's Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill proposes centralising…

11 months ago

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Trump's Florida Project: how the Sunshine State became the centre of power
Trump's Florida Project: how the Sunshine State became the centre of power

Ten years ago the sunshine state was mainly known for its outlandish stereotypes: swamps, gators, retirees, Disneyland all the time. But now power is…

11 months ago

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How America runs Britain
How America runs Britain

US investment already owns much of the British high street. Are "ignorant" politicians "selling the UK down the river"?


As Donald Trump announces new …

11 months, 1 week ago

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Does Morgan McSweeney really run Labour?
Does Morgan McSweeney really run Labour?

Andrew Marr is joined by the authors of Get In: The Inside Story of Labour Under Starmer, Gabriel Pogrund and Patrick Maguire.

 

But while this is oste…

11 months, 1 week ago

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