The Guardian published these maps projecting changes in the population of countries and regions within Europe by 2100 yesterday. This is the map of population
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One of my pleasures in life these days is not travelling nearly as much as I used to. The only way in which this blog
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Politicians love to talk about “taxpayers’ money.” But here’s the truth: every pound in circulation is created by the government or banks licensed by it.
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As Andrew Bailey of the Bank of England noted yesterday when giving evidence in the House of Commons, interest rates are rising around the world
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I am already immensely bored by the Angela Rayner stamp duty story. For the record, I doubt she will survive this episode in office. Her
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According to an opinion poll survey undertaken by Ipsos Mori in August, immigration is the biggest concern for people in the UK: There is a
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Labour has an economic problem – and appointing Minouche Shafik as Starmer’s senior economic adviser will not fix it. Shafik represents the neoliberal technocracy that
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As The Guardian has reported: Jamie Raskin, the ranking Democrat on the House judiciary committee, says we do have free speech in the UK. He
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The Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency (GIFT), the International Budget Partnership (IBP) and the University of Sheffield have launched a major new training programme on
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