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Why is welfare spending rising even faster than expected?
It's not just Starmer's direct choices - wider forces are increasing the bill
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Too long a winter (1973)
Here’s something to watch during the cold snap - an incredible short film.
Jan 11
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Local government funding: how the government is trashing incentives
Yesterday the government published the final funding allocations for local authorities following its overhaul of local government finance. The result…
Dec 18, 2025
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The confluence
May 30, 2025
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The Deliveroo Visa scandal
Dec 29, 2023
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An orderly and civilised society
Oct 21, 2024
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Is Britain Balkanising?
Jul 18, 2025
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The Schools Bill: pure vandalism
Jan 6, 2025
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Fleecehold estates: like the Post Office scandal but affecting more people
Feb 6, 2024
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Another bad day for Nick, 30
Budget delivered another walloping to the long-suffering hero of the social contract meme.
Dec 4, 2025
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The driving test crisis has got even worse
New data shows DFT haven't got a grip, and young people are suffering
Dec 3, 2025
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Budget 2025: Oh what a tangled web
What a mess.
Nov 28, 2025
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The effects of ending the two child limit on Universal Credit
The Budget after the 2015 election announced that there would be a limit on claims for the child element of Universal Credit (UC) at two children, for…
Nov 24, 2025
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New data on migrants earnings
And the importance of comparing by age
Nov 14, 2025
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Thirty times Rachel Reeves said she wouldn't raise tax
Since January 2024
Nov 4, 2025
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The castle of lies is collapsing
A dynamite letter from the CPS blows up the Government's handling of the China spy case
Oct 24, 2025
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