Low Pay Commission
Pricing out the young
Britain’s labour market is faltering, and subsidies cannot mask the policies pricing young workers out.
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Amnesty irrational
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The case for vapes
Arguments for prohibitionism disappear in a cloud of vapour
The value of social value
Social value requirements have made public procurement more expensive, more bureaucratic and harder for smaller firms to compete
When can we believe what we read?
Technology can make knowing the truth more difficult — but we should always have asked more questions about what we read
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Britain’s mutilated constitution
We must restore the old to build the new
I’m so over Exposed
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Questionably loyal opposition
A “rainbow coalition” between Conservatives and the Greens raises questions about the state of the Tories
Why people smuggling means profits
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Embers to tend
The brilliance of Sappho has been obscured by rumour and neglect