What our obsession with washing-up bowls says about the UK
Not rinsing is depraved, but the washing-up bowl is a symptom not of Brits’ poor hygiene but our failing housing…
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Why is the Bank of England raising interest rates when inflation has peaked?
The Bank has to account for the long-term effects not only of its own decisions, but also of government policy.
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What if inflation falls in the wrong way?
Bond markets have suggested US inflation could fall by the most since 2008 next year – which could be catastrophic…
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Does the wave of strikes mark the end of the long 1990s?
The shadow cast by decades of depoliticised workplaces may finally be fading.
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The UK’s GDP figures look good, but they don’t tell the whole story
Shaky monthly indicators cannot capture the human picture: real wages are down and life is becoming more difficult.
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Why is my rent so high?
The failure of the state to build homes is the biggest cause of the affordability crisis, not restrictive planning laws.
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“What Rishi Sunak is doing is lunacy”: the City’s favourite strategist on the economy’s hidden dangers
Albert Edwards warns that the government’s austerity has set the economy on a path to collapse.
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Why the UK’s egg shortage demands government intervention
Farmers are trapped in supply chains that don’t pay them enough to stay in business.
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