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It’s just sausage to me
My search for more foreign idioms, to borrow or invent
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There are no miracles here
What was "Manchesterism"? And what, if anything, did Andy Burnham have to do with it?
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The dentist won't see you now
Rural areas see far less access to NHS dentistry - and recovery has stalled
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The confluence
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The Deliveroo Visa scandal
Dec 29, 2023
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An orderly and civilised society
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Is Britain Balkanising?
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Killing babies is fine now?
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What a performance!
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The returns to expanding higher education could be even worse than we thought
An IFS report says the problems are big - they may now be even bigger
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You can’t fix illegal immigration by making it legal
But Labour’s little-discussed new scheme could still cost us dear
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Bring back baby adoptions
More people could achieve their dreams, more women could get what they want, and more people could get to live - isn't it time to give women more…
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Demographic change since the census
Places in the middle saw the biggest changes
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The writing on the wall
Measuring graffiti in London - and the pitiful lack of prosecution
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The EU settlement scheme student loan scam
How an absurd immigration policy has opened up massive abuse of taxpayers
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The Arday scandal revealed the rot in our universities
Everyone can see: the Emperor's not wearing any clothes
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