My perception of what the state is and should be is, I admit, somewhat different to that of some right wing thinkers. I am unashamed
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Like many I am grateful to the Guardian newspaper for its work on Cambridge Analytica. Its expose of the use of data trawled from Facebook
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There are days destined to be memorable in life. For me this is one. Today I qualified to buy a senior citizen’s railcard. Neither my
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I have criticised the Institute for Fiscal Studies quite a number of times over the years, most recently here. Let me add to the number
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This post is by Peter May and is cross posted from Progressive Pulse, where it appeared yesterday, with permission: I thought it worth flagging up
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The UK and EU have, broadly speaking, agreed terms the transitional agreement until the time the UK applies for readmission to the EU leaves the
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Most mornings I wake up and it is obvious what I think it important to write about. Not so today. What I get from this
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Not for the first time in history Russia is exposing tensions in the west. I make the point in that way deliberately. Stand back for
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The Equality and Human Rights Commission  published its final report on the impact of tax and social security changes in the UK over the last
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