David Cameron’s starter homes: poor policy, but good politics
David Cameron’s electoral coalition of buy-to-let retirees and dual-earner couples remains intact: for now.
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No, Matt Hancock: under-25s are just as entitled to a payrise as the rest of us
At 25, parts of my body were more productive than the whole of Matt Hancock, says Jess Phillips.
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Why Theresa May is wrong about immigration
The inconvenient truth: migration helps Britain.
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Theresa May’s speech: if immigration is so bad, you’ve got to leave Europe
The policy is wrong, the politics fairly rancid – and its intended target is unconvinced.
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George Osborne’s love bombing of Labour voters should terrify the opposition
The Chancellor’s speech was his most ruthless attempt yet to conquer the ground the party regards as its own.
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If George Osborne was going to take Labour’s infrastructure idea, why did he wait two years?
The UK has a poor track record for getting infrastructure built. By only taking up Labour’s suggestion of an infrastructure…
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The free market? There’s no such thing
There’s no such thing as the free market – it’s a delusion of left and right, argues Bryn Phillips.
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Housing associations are under pressure – but we’re doing our best
Housing associations face a fraught future – but this deal is a good one, says David Orr.
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