As the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee has reported: HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) estimates that tax evasion cost the UK £5.5 billion in
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An unholy alliance
As the Guardian has reported today: The US and the UK have refused to sign the Paris AI summit’s declaration on “inclusive and sustainable” artificial
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How long is it before discrimination law will be unwound in the UK?
The far-right Institute for Economic Affairs (IEA) has not been slow to jump on the Trump bandwagon. Yesterday I got an email from it suggesting
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Trump comes out in favour of corruption
The corruption rollout that is now the characteristic of Trump’s presidency continues today. As the FT has reported: Donald Trump has ordered the Department of
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Trump’s assumptions don’t stack – unless democracy is taken out of the equation
The FT has a headline this morning that says: In principle, I have no problem with the US cutting its defence spending: the military-industrial complex
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If Labour will not stop Farage, then it – and the country – are consigned to history
Andrew Rawnsley has this line in his column in The Observer this morning: “Reform is not great for Labour, but it is an existential threat
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The EU’s far right are as dangerous as Trump
As the FT has noted this morning: Europe’s emboldened far-right leaders lauded the impact of US President Donald Trump’s tumultuous first weeks back in power
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Trump is saying wrong is right
Trump wants to sanction those working for the International Criminal Court who are seeking to uphold international law. He’s reached the point where he’s saying
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One in five adults has or is at risk of having type 2 diabetes and Labour does not care
As the Guardian reports this morning: One in five adults in the UK are now living with diabetes or pre-diabetes, according to “alarming” data that
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