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The UK’s withdrawal from the European Union is a product, ironically, of the political elite’s longstanding aversion to democratic self-rule.
The stakes would be even higher for other member states, but populists are bound to make a play for their own referendums.
Cuts to local councils are being passed onto domestic violence services – here’s what we need to do to prevent it.
Corporate wrongdoing is underpinned by a morality that many of us have voted for.
Immigration has been wrongly blamed for the growing pressure on Britain’s public services.
The G7’s limited membership of like-minded countries gives it significant power to bring about meaningful economic growth.
Cities don’t have much control over national policies – but that doesn’t mean there’s nothing they can do.
The Panama papers show how hard it is to keep on top of tax collection, but outsourcing to the private sector would bring problems of its own.
Cyprus is successfully exiting its bailout at the end of March after three years.
On welfare reform, it’s a question of listen and learn.
As the UK government delivers its spending plans for the next five years, here’s why a number of controversial cuts are on the cards.
Britain is more worried about being a food trader than building a system that properly feeds its people.
We often get the facts wrong, but how we feel about austerity has serious consequences for the political class.
Until this week’s tax credits debacle, the Conservatives have performed exquisitely the role of the reasonable and pragmatic English party that swears by its faith in “whatever works”. So far, under the…
New research shows texting combined with rising levels of youth unemployment were primary drivers of the unrest that has unsettled Europe.
Across Europe, there has been a rise in the number of women earning the most in their family.
Like Greece and Spain, Portugal endured a bailout and austerity. But it has not seen the rise of a Syriza or Podemos equivalent.
Stormont’s parties refuse to conduct politics in any mode besides crisis mode.
The real age of the rave was the early 90s, when politics and partying combined to extraordinary result. And once again we find ourselves in hard times …
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