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Friday, 30 September, 2022

Friday, 23 September, 2022

UK business & economy

This was a railroading, electioneering mini-Budget

The stage is now set for a head-on battle between the Treasury and the Bank of England

Friday, 16 September, 2022

UK employment

Britain’s jobs ‘miracle’ hides some uncomfortable truths

The latest data shows that growing numbers of people are not seeking work at all

Friday, 9 September, 2022

UK energy

Truss must rekindle Britain’s spirit of sacrifice as winter approaches

The new PM’s energy price freeze is a blunt instrument, but extraordinary times call for unusual measures

Friday, 2 September, 2022

National Health Service

The NHS will make or break the next prime minister

Only the health service treats a highly trained, dedicated workforce so badly — no wonder we’re losing the war for talent

Friday, 26 August, 2022

Climate change

The energy crisis is making the green movement’s case

We are at an unexpected tipping point in the long campaign to force polluters to pay and slow climate change

Friday, 19 August, 2022

Utilities

Privatising water was never going to work

As customers, we are captive to inefficient and badly regulated providers — urgent change is needed

Friday, 22 July, 2022

Conservative Party UK

Conservative leadership rivals square up for a summer of sparring

Rishi Sunak risks looking slick and aloof to a wary membership as Liz Truss goes on the attack over tax and spend

Friday, 15 July, 2022

Conservative Party UK

Tories must rein in magical thinking or face years in the wilderness

The country needs a leader to explain that we are not as rich as we thought, and that to govern is to choose

Wednesday, 13 July, 2022

Travel

Hunger games: California’s cult boot camp opens in Italy

Celebrated Malibu retreat the Ranch has a new base just outside Rome. Expect dawn starts, long hikes — and tiny snacks

Friday, 8 July, 2022

UK politics & policy

Britain needs a clean break from the reckless Boris Johnson premiership

We are crying out for a serious prime minister who can restore trust in politics, and in the country

Friday, 1 July, 2022

UK police

The time has come to purge the rot from Scotland Yard

The Metropolitan Police is overwhelmed, badly run and beset by scandal, and only radical reform will win back public trust

Friday, 24 June, 2022

Management

Better management, not endless training, will solve our corporate ills

Rather than call out sloppy working practices, it is easier to arrange yet another development course

Friday, 3 June, 2022

Social affairs

Life-long relationships are the best way to support children in care

Building love and stability into the social work system is more important than endless desk time

Friday, 27 May, 2022

Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson’s conjuring tricks are losing their magic

The partygate shenanigans in Downing Street are symptomatic of a deep malaise at the centre of government

Friday, 20 May, 2022

National Health Service

The NHS needs access to our shared medical data to save lives

Public debate has been riddled with confusing claims, technical incompetence and vested interests

Saturday, 14 May, 2022

FT Magazine

Camilla Cavendish’s fantasy dinner: Elon Musk, Cicero and Ayaan Hirsi Ali

A group of people ‘unafraid to say interesting things’ convene at Voltaire’s château in Ferney

Friday, 13 May, 2022

UK Government

The damage wreaked by Johnson’s government will far outlast his premiership

Weakening the institutions which hold politicians to account is reckless

Friday, 6 May, 2022

Labour Party UK

If Starmer can’t enthuse voters now, he might never beat Johnson

The prime minister and his party are dogged by scandals and yet Labour still fails to inspire

Friday, 29 April, 2022

Food & Beverage

We have been Big Food’s lab rats for too long

It is right to regulate companies that managed to convince us ultra-processed stuff is nutritional

Friday, 22 April, 2022

Workplace diversity & equality

The age taboo in workplaces means we miss out on talent

Our obsession with youth, tech and flexibility is leading to a loss of institutional memory and experience

Friday, 15 April, 2022

UK politics & policy

Partygate lays bare the casual carelessness of Johnson’s ancien régime

Chancellor Rishi Sunak, who was riding high as a potential leadership successor, has now been tarnished by association

Friday, 8 April, 2022

Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson will survive partygate but this is not governing

Amid the hokey-cokey of fudge and doublespeak, no one seems to know what Downing Street really stands for

Friday, 1 April, 2022

National Health Service

As Britons lose faith in the NHS, it’s time to demand better care

For decades the health service has been our national religion, but the Shrewsbury maternity deaths expose shocking failures

Friday, 25 March, 2022

Rishi Sunak

Where Britons wanted reassurance, Sunak has delivered cynicism

This government has not thought about the fairest way to share the pain as a cost of living crisis looms

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