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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
