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‘Iron chancellor’ Rachel Reeves faces an early challenge to her authority over winter fuel payments
Andrew RawnsleyFurore over cuts to the pensioner benefit is all the more potent when the left, right and centre can all find reasons to oppose the policy -
An obsession with austerity over all other concerns can not be allowed to happen again
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A new survey of social attitudes reveals a healthy scepticism about our past
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The Grenfell inquiry is exposing a culture of contempt that has run deep in Britain for decades
Rowan MooreOn the eve of publication of the final report into the disaster, it is clear that chief executives and ministers created a climate of inertia that proved deadly -
Is Sir Keir Starmer’s cautious ‘reset’ with Europe enough to undo the damage done by Brexit?
Andrew RawnsleyMoving in small steps risks aggravating both Europhiles and Europhobes while doing little to help lift the economy -
There are plenty of laws against the habit, but the ban-it-harder brigade don’t know when to stop
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Labour is wrong to put on hold a law that aims to protect staff from external pressures
Britain’s limited Gaza action will do little to curb Israel’s wider territorial ambitions