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‘It could have been from Gordon Brown’: Experts weigh in on how radical Labour’s budget really is
Chancellor Rachel Reeves prepares for the autumn budget 2024
Autumn budget

‘It could have been from Gordon Brown’: Experts weigh in on how radical Labour’s budget really is

The first Labour budget in 14 years was billed as a ‘once in a generation’ event. Does it put the UK on the path to real change?
‘We want a society that works for everyone’: These millionaires want Rachel Reeves to tax them more
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been urged to extend rough sleeping funding to help homelessness services
Wealth tax

‘We want a society that works for everyone’: These millionaires want Rachel Reeves to tax them more

Real change or austerity 2.0? Here’s how Labour can deliver a budget that works for everyone
Autumn budget

Real change or austerity 2.0? Here’s how Labour can deliver a budget that works for everyone

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What Tory leader hopefuls Badenoch and Jenrick think about poverty, benefits, housing and more
Politics

What Tory leader hopefuls Badenoch and Jenrick think about poverty, benefits, housing and more

Dear Keir Starmer – no one should be sleeping on cardboard under bridges in a country this rich
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Dear Keir Starmer – no one should be sleeping on cardboard under bridges in a country this rich

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‘I lost everything imaginable’: Women in Gaza recall how a year of war has upended their lives
Shurooq and her children in the school-turned-shelter where they are living.
Shurooq, Asmaa and Raja

‘I lost everything imaginable’: Women in Gaza recall how a year of war has upended their lives

Starmer’s first 100 days sees the UK in Bizarro World. Is this really the change people voted for?
Starmer at the Labour party conference
Adam Barnett

Starmer’s first 100 days sees the UK in Bizarro World. Is this really the change people voted for?

It’s never been more dangerous to be a Palestinian aid worker – we feel the world has abandoned us
Salma Altaweel

It’s never been more dangerous to be a Palestinian aid worker – we feel the world has abandoned us

Rachel Reeves must put money where her mouth is and end austerity’s grip on women in autumn budget
Ignacia Pinto

Rachel Reeves must put money where her mouth is and end austerity’s grip on women in autumn budget

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A Kamala Harris win could make her the first TikTok president
Kamala Harris
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A Kamala Harris win could make her the first TikTok president

These are the ticking Tory time bombs Labour must defuse as parliament returns
Politics

These are the ticking Tory time bombs Labour must defuse as parliament returns

How political cartoonists influenced both Churchill and Sunak’s crushing election defeats
Politics

How political cartoonists influenced both Churchill and Sunak’s crushing election defeats

Elmo, Binface and a fish finger: A colourful history of novelty political candidates taking on the elite
General Election 2024

Elmo, Binface and a fish finger: A colourful history of novelty political candidates taking on the elite

Future generations

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Politicians are failing our children and our children’s children. We must protect future generations
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Sophie Howe

Politicians are failing our children and our children’s children. We must protect future generations

Free school meals for all would generate billions for the economy. Here’s why
Free school meals illustration
Week of action

Free school meals for all would generate billions for the economy. Here’s why

These countries offer free school meals for all – so why can’t the UK?
Free school meals
Week of action

These countries offer free school meals for all – so why can’t the UK?

Why ideas of ending poverty are still stuck in the realm of fantasy
Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s 1567 painting The Land of Cockaigne
John Bird

Why ideas of ending poverty are still stuck in the realm of fantasy

Brexit

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‘I haven’t voted since Blair’: How politics failed one of the most Tory places in Britain
General election 2024

‘I haven’t voted since Blair’: How politics failed one of the most Tory places in Britain

Why is nobody talking about Brexit in the general election?
Keir Starmer hands out ice cream
General election 2024

Why is nobody talking about Brexit in the general election?

What a row over Tayto crisps tells us about general election and the politics of distraction
Paul McNamee

What a row over Tayto crisps tells us about general election and the politics of distraction

Nigel Farage is like poison – why is he still allowed to set the political agenda? 
A caricature of far-right politician Nigel Farage
Adam Barnett

Nigel Farage is like poison – why is he still allowed to set the political agenda? 

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What Tory leader hopefuls Badenoch and Jenrick think about poverty, benefits, housing and more
Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick
Politics

What Tory leader hopefuls Badenoch and Jenrick think about poverty, benefits, housing and more

Keir Starmer’s promise to slash red tape and ‘rip out bureaucracy’ is a step backwards for Britain
Phoebe Clay

Keir Starmer’s promise to slash red tape and ‘rip out bureaucracy’ is a step backwards for Britain

Carol Vorderman on voting Tory in 2010 – and regretting it: ‘I hadn’t got a clue what was coming’
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Carol Vorderman on voting Tory in 2010 – and regretting it: ‘I hadn’t got a clue what was coming’

Sex, drugs and Bloomberg terminals: How Industry highlights the ‘crony chumocracy’ of Tory rule
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Sex, drugs and Bloomberg terminals: How Industry highlights the ‘crony chumocracy’ of Tory rule

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Renters pay their landlords’ buy-to-let mortgages, so they should get a share of the profits

Exclusive: Disabled people are ‘set up to fail’ by the DWP in target-driven disability benefits system, whistleblowers reveal
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Exclusive: Disabled people are ‘set up to fail’ by the DWP in target-driven disability benefits system, whistleblowers reveal

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Cost of living payment 2024: Where to get help now the scheme is over

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Strike dates 2023: From train drivers to NHS doctors, here are the dates to know

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Citroën Ami: the tiny electric vehicle driving change with The Big Issue

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Andrew Ridgeley ‘was never envious’ of Wham! friend George Michael’s success