Cameron promises Trident vote as cost rises to £31bn
PM says parliament will take decision on renewal “at the appropriate moment”.
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The lost Marxists: what happened to the academics made jobless by communism’s collapse?
Croatian journalist Damir Pilić meets the thinkers left adrift by the demise of the Soviet Union, and finds out what…
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“Socialism with an iPad“ isn’t as ludicrous as it sounds
Technology is changing the labour market faster than ever before. John McDonnell argues that it’s the state’s responsibility to make…
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How John McDonnell is trying to reframe the economic debate
The shadow chancellor warns that George Osborne is “opening up a massive deficit with the future” .
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They’ve taken the MDF wall down in my local NatWest. Now you can see what banking used to look like
The bank is now closing for refurbishment. Whether it will be demolishing its secret garden, I do not know –…
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James Bond’s real enemy? The British housing crisis
I would argue that Spectre, despite all its aerial gymnastics, also has a subtext dug deeply into the built environment.
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George Osborne’s latest wheeze leaves the taxpayer £125m worse off every year. Here’s why
Far from getting a great deal for taxpayers, the Treasury will be the worse off in the long run, explains…
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George Osborne’s £13bn windfall gives him even more room to limit tax credit cuts
The sale of former Northern Rock mortgages is a timely revenue raiser ahead of the Autumn Statement.
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