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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Tens of thousands shut out of work by Home Office visa renewal delays
Migrants with the right to work in the UK are being denied jobs – including in care homes – and…
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Posh but poor? The return of the squeezed middle
From new food-bank users to cash-strapped professionals, middle earners are being hit hard by the rising cost of living.
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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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Striking NHS staff don’t just want pay rises – they want a clean conscience
Nurses and ambulance drivers need to make a statement about the risk posed to patients by stretched resources.
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Gordon Brown: Why it’s time to take the shame out of need
As the cost-of-living crisis pushes more and more people into poverty, charities have become the last line of defence.
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Leader: Why we need honesty on migration
Successive governments have relied on high migration to disguise the structural weaknesses of the British economy.
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Chinese-owned care home in Rishi Sunak’s constituency is one of 64 in Britain
The Prime Minister is trying to talk tough on UK-China relations, while Brits are paying thousands of pounds in care…
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