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Matthew Jeffery: Why the Hell aren’t Britain’s parents angry about their children’s future?

Britain’s parents have no shortage of things to get angry about. Taxes. Crime. NHS waiting lists. Potholes. Petrol prices. Even the ending of The Traitors . Yet when it comes to something that should have us absolutely…

Richard Fuller: You can’t tax your way to growth

Last week’s Budget was the third tax raising budget from a Labour government addicted to borrowing. Healey has failed to address the fundamental problems facing Britain. Taxes are rising again, borrowing continues to…

Peter Crossen: Labour are leaving community infrastructure to wither

There is a crisis developing across Britain that is receiving remarkably little attention in Westminster. You will not yet find it dominating the headlines or captured neatly in the monthly economic statistics. You can…

Most Israelis think settlements policy should change to avoid more sanctions, poll finds

There had been fierce criticism of the UK foreign secretary Ed Miliband's decision in September to impose a trade ban and wider sanctions on illegal settlements, with some claiming it would drive Israeli voters into the…

Canada, coffins and confessionals

After the 48-hour whirlwind EU-Canada summit in Montreal, Prime Minister Mark Carney has given the EU six months to hash out what “associate membership” actually means. On the show, Zoya Sheftalovich and Nick Vinocur…

Independent commission calls for UK statutory regulation of counselling and psychotherapy in ‘watershed moment’

Unlike most other healthcare roles, including doctors, midwives and osteopaths, "psychotherapist" and "counsellor" are not protected titles nor statutorily regulated professions in the UK. This means that anyone can call…

Radical-right youth groups are at the root of Europe’s populist surge | Cas Mudde and Duncan McDonnell

These movements shaped the politicians they are today, and they are now shaping Europe's political future. As Italy's prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, another former radical right youth-wing leader, put it : "Even more…

Merz und die Wut der Basis

Nach schmerzhaften Wahlniederlagen prallen Hauptstadt-Blase und Parteibasis aufeinander. Rasmus Buchsteiner analysiert, wie viel Druck hinter verschlossenen Türen auf dem Kanzler lastet und ob er das Vertrauen der…

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UK was ‘vehement’ slavery reparations should not be on Commonwealth summit agenda

Currently, slavery reparations is not on the official agenda of the Commonwealth Heads of Government (Chogm) summit, which begins on Sunday. Trade, climate resilience and finance, sustainable debt, democracy and…