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Friday, 30 July, 2021

Friday, 23 July, 2021

UK social care

UK social care needs an overhaul — but stealth taxes are not the answer

We need a national conversation about how to share the burden of caring for the old and infirm

Friday, 16 July, 2021

Food & Beverage

It’s time to stem the tide of junk that reaches British plates

A tax on sugar and salt in food would be a world first and is more necessary than ever

Friday, 9 July, 2021

Coronavirus pandemic

When it comes to masks, we should trust the public, not politicians

The disgraceful neglect of children and students makes the contradictions in government policy all the more outrageous

Friday, 2 July, 2021

National Health Service

Sajid Javid must act to save an NHS on its last legs

Between the Covid backlog and the chronic disease pipeline, the new health secretary has a daunting in-tray

Friday, 25 June, 2021

UK schools

The UK has been failing white working-class pupils for years

We should not let culture wars obscure the fact that this group of children needs a new educational strategy

Friday, 18 June, 2021

Agricultural production

We must overcome the fear of genetic engineering in our food

From countering climate change to saving bananas, new gene-editing technology could prove crucial

Friday, 11 June, 2021

National Health Service

Privacy must come before profit if we are to benefit from NHS data

The potential to do good is enormous but if a sceptical public opts out, it will be lost forever

Friday, 28 May, 2021

UK Government

Cummings’ testimony reveals fatal flaws of the British state

When it came to a Covid strategy, every bit of the system seemed to think it knew best

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Friday, 21 May, 2021

Coronavirus pandemic

We will be lost if we panic at every Covid mutation

What has the pandemic done to our understanding of risk?

Friday, 14 May, 2021

UK politics & policy

Boris Johnson must solve Britain’s skills conundrum

If the prime minister is serious about ‘levelling up’, he needs to overhaul vocational training

Friday, 7 May, 2021

UK social care

Ambition is needed to reform Britain’s broken social care system

Keeping people independent and connected for longer can improve wellbeing and ultimately reduce demand

Friday, 30 April, 2021

UK politics & policy

Westminster redecorating could tarnish Johnson’s carefree image

Cash for curtains — and the dissing of John Lewis — may prove toxic for the prime minister

Friday, 23 April, 2021

UK politics & policy

Closing the ‘revolving door’ would weaken government further

The Greensill scandal shows how naive politicians and officials can be about business. They need more exposure

Friday, 16 April, 2021

Ageing Populations

Golden years at work are the hidden treasure of the old

Governments and employers are coming to recognise the value of keeping people in jobs longer

Friday, 2 April, 2021

UK schools

Extremists on both sides are exploiting the Batley school row

Respect for religious beliefs must come with protection for free speech and a balanced education

Friday, 26 March, 2021

UK politics & policy

Our task turns from conquering coronavirus to preserving liberty

You can travel abroad to sell your second home, but what about visiting granny?

Friday, 19 March, 2021

Coronavirus pandemic

Press 1 for hell: Covid is a flimsy excuse for dire customer service

One year on, many businesses maddeningly cite coronavirus as they put you on hold or defer to a chatbot

Friday, 12 March, 2021

Royal Family

Britain’s royal family must downsize if it wants to survive

The Meghan and Harry saga could have been avoided if the UK family followed other European monarchies

Friday, 5 March, 2021

UK Budget

Rishi Sunak’s un-Tory Budget confounds assumptions once again

Conservatives endure in office because they are pragmatic — the chancellor is no exception

Friday, 26 February, 2021

UK Inequality

Levelling up tests Johnson’s ‘Heineken’ credentials

Refreshing the parts of the UK blighted by inequality is a once in a generation challenge

Friday, 19 February, 2021

UK devolution

A new constitutional deal would avert the UK’s break-up

Disaster looms unless Johnson acts to save the 300-year-old Anglo-Scottish Union

Friday, 12 February, 2021

Health Care

A reformed NHS should be accountable to the public

Bureaucracy in the UK health system has boomed under the cover of market-driven policies

Friday, 5 February, 2021

Coronavirus pandemic

Claims of intergenerational warfare over Covid-19 are overblown

The pandemic has exacerbated divisions but people are also pulling together

Friday, 29 January, 2021

Coronavirus pandemic

Personal liberty is another, unsung victim of the pandemic

Governments must restore these freedoms when the virus is eventually beaten

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