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East Midlands Railway is falling apart - and no one at the Department for Transport seems to care
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The unbearable lightness of Burnham
Lots of rhetoric, few clear ideas - and nothing adequate to the big challenges
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Which taxes will Burnham raise this autumn?
A summer of damaging tax speculation is already well underway
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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
Oct 21, 2024
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Killing babies is fine now?
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Is Britain Balkanising?
Jul 18, 2025
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What a performance!
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The dandelion effect
Dispersing asylum seekers without stopping the flow isn't solving the problem
May 21
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See no evil
The Government won't publish data it holds linking migration and crime, despite a growing number of horrendous cases
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We have to stop borrowing so much
Labour increased borrowing by 80% - here's what that's costing you
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Getting politics out of the classroom
We need education, not indoctrination
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Asset prices and fiscal fragility
Rachel Reeves is keeping her fingers crossed for fiscal drag on rapid asset price growth
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New data shows the number of really large welfare claims is even higher than thought
We need a welfare system fair to taxpayers, as well as those who receive benefits
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Violent crime and mental health - lessons are not being learned
The problem is bigger than you think, and ideology is getting in the way
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