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Does the law that created the Scottish parliament allow it to call indyref2?
The transition to net zero will require huge investments, but how do we make sure investment goes to the right place?
More people died from the austerity in the five years before the pandemic than have died from COVID since.
Liz Truss took over as prime minister with an ambitious plan to cut taxes by the most since 1972 – investors balked after it wasn’t clear how she would pay for it
Fracking in the UK has a difficult history – economic theory suggests that whether fracking should occur is a simple case of consent and compensation.
An ongoing narrative seeks to shift the blame away from the government for mismanagement of the pandemic, by depicting it as beholden to all-powerful scientists.
Environmental groups have criticised the government’s approach to nature – but what is this approach and why is it concerning?
Investor confidence in the UK is at a low, and the bond market has reacted dramatically.
The expected relationship between government and central bank policy has broken down in the UK.
How Liz Truss’s energy cost freeze could affect what you pay for heat, power and even other goods and services.
Liz Truss has appointed a loyal cabinet with varied environmental credentials. What will this mean for UK climate action?
Scrapping a grant for electric cars in the UK may be a backward move.
He hardly has any government ministers and his own cabinet tried to force him to resign. What is going on?
The government’s handling of the Northern Ireland protocol could spell trouble for the UK’s post-Brexit trade negotiations.
Recently announced government plans to lift a ban on hiring agency workers have been tried - and failed – as recently as 2015
Recent rate hikes will not do much to tackle inflation, but greater cooperation between the Bank of England and the government could help the UK economy.
It would be better to focus on building.
The plan to cut 91,000 civil service jobs could make service delivery impossible after decades of decline.
More testing will not necessarily help children who struggle.
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