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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
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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
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How the Red Wall Has Been Levelled Down Since 2010
From child poverty to social care, some of the most disadvantaged areas of the country have faced a decade of decline at the hands of successive Conservative governments, report Sam Bright and Sascha Lavin
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‘An Institutional Problem’: Four Years on from MeToo, 40% of Women Endure Workplace Sexual Harassment
The 2017 #MeToo revelations of men abusing their power to harass and intimidate female colleagues were meant to herald change – but, in 2021, too many women still face sexual harassment at work while court delays risk denying them justice
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The Big Political Problem With Boris Johnson’s Wage Pronouncements
The Prime Minister’s latest inaccurate narrative is fraught with potential embarrassments, says Sam Bright
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Brexit and the Economy: The Story So Far
Jonathan Portes delves into the data on the economic performance of the UK after its exit from the EU’s single market and customs union on 1 January and assesses the real-world impact of these new trade barriers
