From lifting hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty, to taking on the media-backed gambling lobby, there was much to praise and far less to criticise in the Chancellor's annual statement, argues Adam Bienkov
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The Chancellor's measured statement was quite different from what the weeks of media hype about it had suggested, argues Simon Nixon
Leading anti-slavery organisations have told Byline Times that the new measures could allow trafficking and forced labour to thrive
The Reform leader said cutting the minimum wage for young people would boost business, as he attacked plans to raise taxes on the wealthy
Now, more than ever, we need art to do the heavy lifting of defining our values.
Link: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2025-10-16/debates/CD9953E1-3AFE-436A-BBD6-D170F107AE02/ShanghaiCooperationOrganisation I may have a closer connection with Tianjin than any Member of either House having gone to school there nearly 80 years ago. I hope this will not in itself cause me to be thought of as a security risk. I agree with the noble Baroness that the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation poses challenges … Continue reading Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Debate – House of Lords – 16th of October 2025
Prosecutions of wealthy tax evaders have collapsed, with MPs warning that UK authorities are failing to keep track of those avoiding their dues
The technology has already recouped hundreds of millions of pounds and could be extended right across Government, according to a new report by the National Audit Office
15th of May 2025 As John Lanchester recently remarked (LRB 27 April 2025) ‘However little money there is for anything else, there’s always enough money for a war’. The failures of neoliberal economics threaten all kinds of political backlashes, some of which have already been seen in the nationalist turn of international relations. ‘Military Keynesianism’ … Continue reading Military Keynesianism?
An ageing population and successive cuts by the last Conservative Government have left local council budgets on the brink, reports David Hencke