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Friday, 25 November, 2022

Friday, 18 November, 2022

Conservative Party UK

Economic competence trumps Tory ideology — for now

Jeremy Hunt aims to restore grown-up government, but will a divided party unite behind him?

Friday, 11 November, 2022

National Health Service

The NHS is failing the nurses who keep it afloat

The threatened pay strike obscures a wider refusal to value, reward and retain experienced staff

Friday, 11 November, 2022

The Weekend Essay

What happens next to Britain’s Ukrainian refugees?

Camilla Cavendish talks to hosts and guests whose lives have been changed by Homes for Ukraine — and finds clues to future immigration policy

Friday, 4 November, 2022

UK politics & policy

Sinister curbs on the freedom to protest are wrong

Some activists are playing straight into the hands of a British government bent on introducing draconian new laws

Friday, 28 October, 2022

Rishi Sunak

It’s ‘nerd vs nerd’ as British politics returns to normal

Sunak may have stopped the rollercoaster, but the question of how to restore economic stability remains

Friday, 21 October, 2022

Conservative Party UK

Conservatives must focus on the national interest — not Boris Johnson’s

After delivering two dreadful parodies of government, the Tories must restore calm

Friday, 14 October, 2022

Liz Truss

Truss won’t restore Britain’s credibility simply by changing chancellor

Reversals may be the right thing to do, but more is needed to bring back confidence

Friday, 7 October, 2022

Liz Truss

The Truss revolution is eating itself

The prime minister is pursuing iconoclasm for its own sake and zealotry with no credo

Friday, 30 September, 2022

UK general election

This is Keir Starmer’s moment — but victory is not yet assured

Although the Labour leader has the biggest poll lead for 21 years, he needs to tell us what he would do in government

Friday, 23 September, 2022

UK business & economy

This was a railroading, electioneering mini-Budget

The stage is now set for a head-on battle between the Treasury and the Bank of England

Friday, 16 September, 2022

UK employment

Britain’s jobs ‘miracle’ hides some uncomfortable truths

The latest data shows that growing numbers of people are not seeking work at all

Friday, 9 September, 2022

UK energy

Truss must rekindle Britain’s spirit of sacrifice as winter approaches

The new PM’s energy price freeze is a blunt instrument, but extraordinary times call for unusual measures

Friday, 2 September, 2022

National Health Service

The NHS will make or break the next prime minister

Only the health service treats a highly trained, dedicated workforce so badly — no wonder we’re losing the war for talent

Friday, 26 August, 2022

Climate change

The energy crisis is making the green movement’s case

We are at an unexpected tipping point in the long campaign to force polluters to pay and slow climate change

Friday, 19 August, 2022

Utilities

Privatising water was never going to work

As customers, we are captive to inefficient and badly regulated providers — urgent change is needed

Friday, 22 July, 2022

Conservative Party UK

Conservative leadership rivals square up for a summer of sparring

Rishi Sunak risks looking slick and aloof to a wary membership as Liz Truss goes on the attack over tax and spend

Friday, 15 July, 2022

Conservative Party UK

Tories must rein in magical thinking or face years in the wilderness

The country needs a leader to explain that we are not as rich as we thought, and that to govern is to choose

Wednesday, 13 July, 2022

Travel

Hunger games: California’s cult boot camp opens in Italy

Celebrated Malibu retreat the Ranch has a new base just outside Rome. Expect dawn starts, long hikes — and tiny snacks

Friday, 8 July, 2022

UK politics & policy

Britain needs a clean break from the reckless Boris Johnson premiership

We are crying out for a serious prime minister who can restore trust in politics, and in the country

Friday, 1 July, 2022

UK police

The time has come to purge the rot from Scotland Yard

The Metropolitan Police is overwhelmed, badly run and beset by scandal, and only radical reform will win back public trust

Friday, 24 June, 2022

Management

Better management, not endless training, will solve our corporate ills

Rather than call out sloppy working practices, it is easier to arrange yet another development course

Friday, 3 June, 2022

Social affairs

Life-long relationships are the best way to support children in care

Building love and stability into the social work system is more important than endless desk time

Friday, 27 May, 2022

Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson’s conjuring tricks are losing their magic

The partygate shenanigans in Downing Street are symptomatic of a deep malaise at the centre of government

Friday, 20 May, 2022

National Health Service

The NHS needs access to our shared medical data to save lives

Public debate has been riddled with confusing claims, technical incompetence and vested interests

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