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Rishi Sunak and his environmental straw men
This Wednesday Rishi Sunak gave a speech rolling back on the government’s Net Zero pledges, pushing back the ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel…
2 years, 3 months ago
Trussonomics isn't dead
Liz Truss thought she had two years to save the economy, but her mini-budget caused it all to blow up in less than two months. We're now a year on fr…
2 years, 3 months ago
How Chile (almost) democratised Big Tech | Audio Long Read
Fifty years after Salvador Allende was ousted, might his greatest legacy be his battle with the emerging tech giants?
On 1 August 1973, a seemingly mu…
2 years, 4 months ago
You Ask Us: Why are so many councils going bust?
Since being recently surpassed by India, Britain has the world's sixth largest economy. But, one listener asks, how do we square this position with t…
2 years, 4 months ago
Angela Rayner can’t let the unions down now
The deputy labour leader and “trade union favourite” delivered a speech full of promises at the TUC. Now she has to deliver.
Reaffirming Labour’s comm…
2 years, 4 months ago
Legacy tech & the move to sustainable computing | Sponsored
The UK is one of the largest producers of household electronic waste in the world. In 2022 we threw away nearly 24 kilos of things like plugs, mobile…
2 years, 4 months ago
Britain's great tax delusion
Rishi Sunak earned almost £5m in the past three years, yet this was only taxed at a rate of 22%. Britain's tax system is broken, focusing on income r…
2 years, 4 months ago
The prime minister and the AI that solved the climate crisis
After the extreme heat of summer 2024, which saw children stretchered out of their exams, Britain’s prime minister calls a press conference in Westmi…
2 years, 4 months ago
Crumbling Britain, with Andrew Marr
We inhabit an economy too small to deliver the social goods British people expect, and now Britain is cracking. From the concrete crises affecting sc…
2 years, 4 months ago
You Ask Us: The big Labour reshuffle, promotions and demotions
Angela Rayner up, Lisa Nandy down - what’s motivated the moves in Keir Starmer’s shadow cabinet reshuffle this week and what does this tell us about …
2 years, 4 months ago