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Dead Cats and Media Mayhem: What Is Happening Outside Westminster?
As the headlines focus on Partygate, and the talking heads debate what Partygate tells us about this Government, what has the Government been up to?
Rishi Sunak: The Polished Populist
Sam Bright inspects the policy record of the man tipped to take over from Boris Johnson
Wealth in Downing Street, Poverty in the UK
The Conservative Party could soon elect the UK's richest-ever Prime Minister, while after 12 years of Conservative-led Governments millions struggle in poverty
The Conservatives have Failed on Apprenticeships
Sam Bright inspects the gap between rhetoric and reality in relation to one of the Conservative Party’s key policy planks
The Politics of Porridge
With inflation now at 5.4% and the cost of living soaring with it, the humble oat has become an avatar of moral virtue in a right-wing culture war, Sian Norris reports
King of Chaos Boris Johnson Has Delivered for Hedge Fund Donors
As the media rightly focus on the PM’s alleged COVID rule-breaking, financial institutions quietly report pandemic profits, reports Tim Coles
The Jackpot: How London Became a Concierge for Kleptocrats
Novelist Cory Doctorow tracks Britain's domestic scandals back to the capital’s reliance on laundered money from overseas, and the feasting of so many professions on the proceeds
A New Era of Austerity Beckons
For the past 12 years, the Conservative Party’s response to high public spending has always been the same: impose the burden on lower income families, says Maheen Behrana
US Law-Makers are Blacklisting Renewable Energy Efforts
Thomas Perrett reports on the efforts of corporate lobbyists to stymie US President Joe Biden’s climate ambitions
The Growing Regional Wealth Gap and Why it Matters
Sam Bright evaluates new data showing a growing divide between richer and poorer parts of the country
Building Back Botched
The Government's housing and construction plans are failing to deliver the country's housing needs, a new parliamentary report has found
