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Labour sweet-talks the public sector

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The race to become leader of Britain’s Conservatives

An exhausted party seems to think that it doesn’t have to change

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How deep is Britain’s fiscal “black hole”?

Rachel Reeves sets out her first big decisions as chancellor

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How King Charles III counts his swans

A ritual that pleases conservationists and annoys the birds

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Britain’s army chief fears war may come sooner than anyone thinks

Could the army cope without more money and troops?

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The builder of the Titanic is struggling to stay afloat

Harland and Wolff is fighting for its life

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Why Britain’s Labour government enjoys hippy-punching

And why that risks being more of a fetish than a strategy

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Is Britain’s economy finally moving?

Sticky inflation and a weakening job market could still spoil the mood

By Invitation

Neil Kinnock on the post-war-like challenges facing Keir Starmer

A lack of social cohesion compared with 1945 makes them even more daunting, says the former Labour leader and Starmer confidant

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Are Britons losing the habit of voting?

One low-turnout election is not alarming. But there is a deeper problem

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Do children in England talk too little?

Labour talks of promoting “oracy” alongside numeracy and literacy

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A crisis in prisons gives Britain’s new government its first test

Its response? Early releases, blaming Tories and hints at reform 

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Can Britain’s “mission-led” government defy gravity?

Sir Keir Starmer promises a new way of running Whitehall

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How Labour should reform Britain’s overstuffed prisons

With no room for new prisoners, something has to change

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The secret to good government? Actually trying 

Effort always beats ideas in British politics

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