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Margaret Hodge’s lessons from east London on countering the far right
Mainstream parties must win back white working-class voters by focusing on local issues, says the former Labour MP
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How to respond to the riots on Britain’s streets
The violence demands robust policing, but it also requires cool heads
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Inside the unrest disfiguring English cities
Anger over immigration will be a recruiting opportunity for the far right
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Was the Bank of England right to start lowering interest rates?
Andrew Bailey takes a calculated risk
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Britain’s railways go from one extreme to another
Departing: privatisation. Destination: centralisation
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The disease that most afflicts England’s National Health Service
Stopping raids on capital budgets would be a start
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Is the big state back in Britain?
The risk is not too much interventionism, but too little audacity
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A riot in Southport shows how the British far right is changing
It has become easier to spread lies and stir up trouble online
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British voters care less about tax rises than politicians think
So if you’re going to increase a tax, make it a big one
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The race to become leader of Britain’s Conservatives
An exhausted party seems to think that it doesn’t have to change
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How deep is Britain’s fiscal “black hole”?
Rachel Reeves sets out her first big decisions as chancellor
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How King Charles III counts his swans
A ritual that pleases conservationists and annoys the birds
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Britain’s army chief fears war may come sooner than anyone thinks
Could the army cope without more money and troops?
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The builder of the Titanic is struggling to stay afloat
Harland and Wolff is fighting for its life