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A decade on the dole for the UK’s 27,000 steel workers would waste £1.2bn
The events at Port Talbot provide an opportunity for George Osborne to learn from his errors.*/ In the past 24 hours, the government has suggested it could co-invest to secure the future of Port Talbot...
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The Tories' repugnant defence of inherited wealth shows Labour is the party...
The Panama Papers reveal how wide the gap between Labour and the Conservatives really is, says Liam Young. They say that a week is a long time in politics but I am sure that this last week has felt...
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The fascist architecture still hosting Italy's sporting events
Untroubled by history, Rome’s sportsmen and women play their games in Mussolini’s stadiums. After two days in the Eternal City, the imprint of my footsteps would have drawn a map of Fascist Rome,...
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Why it's time for pop music to stop wallowing in nostalgia
While fans’ eyes are fixed on the songs of the past, artists eye the future - and who can blame them? I’m constantly shocked by how nostalgic pop music has become, forever harping on about classic old...
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Ethereum: the competitor to Bitcoin which could transform entire industries
With Ethereum being taken up by everyone from Microsoft to singer Imogen Heap, could this new cryptocurrency enjoy top-down success? When the digital currency Bitcoin was first released in 2009, it...
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SRSLY #39: The A Word, Crocodile on the Sandbank, Luther
On the pop culture podcast this week: BBC drama The A Word, the first novel in Barbara Mertz’ Amelia Peabody series and crime drama Luther.*/ This is SRSLY, the pop culture podcast from the New...
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The Brexit Conundrum
Uncertainty around Brexit will damage overseas investment into the UK, says Dr Maurizio Zanardi, Lancaster University Management School The UK is currently the number-one receiver of foreign direct...
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Your investment, your risk
Investors who use self-directed platforms need to understand the chances they are taking, says Andrew Hagger of MoneyComms The internet has radically changed the way private investors manage their...
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To combat extremism, young Muslims need to be empowered
Anything that makes Muslims feel more like outsiders serves one group more than anyone else: Daesh. The existence of Daesh is based on their success with a key demographic – young Muslims. Whereas most...
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Can Apple’s anti-blue light feature, Night Shift, help you sleep?
Apple’s Night Shift feature filters out the blue light on your screen. But that still doesn't mean we should use our phones at night. The latest iPhone software update, iOS9.3, wasn’t particularly...
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Terry Christian: What the most hated man in television did next
As the star of trashy but impossible-to-ignore The Word, Christian has almost become a symbol of the 1990s. Now, he says, he'd fire himself if he was his own boss. It requires a certain kind of...
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Running for the hills: young people can’t afford to buy or rent, so they are...
We meet members of Generation Rent who have given up on the housing market and private rental sector and are living illegally off-grid. With real earnings falling, house prices rising and more young...
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The student vote is fertile territory for Jeremy Corbyn's Labour
Labour must galvanise its new student supporters into joining the party and campaigning. It is estimated that 1.4 million people have dropped off the electoral register over the past two years as a...
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PMQs review: David Cameron moves into safe territory on tax
A wonkish debate over overseas registers suits the PM far more than scrutiny of his affairs. It is just days since David Cameron was charged with misleading the country and rushed out his tax returns...
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Without the stigma attached to sex work, there would be no scandal around...
If sex work was not stigmatised, there would be no story to tell about the culture secretary’s relationship with a professional dominatrix. I woke up this morning to news of a scandal: Culture...
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A sex scandal won’t bring down John Whittingdale – and quite rightly
The Whittingdale story essentially boils down to “man has relationship with woman”. So why does it matter whether the press covered it up? Sex sells, but it rarely ends political careers. In fact,...
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In this week's magazine | The making of a monster
A first look at this week's issue.15th - 21st AprilThe making of a monster The rise of the Thin Controller: Peter Wilby on the real Seumas Milne. US Election 2016: Ed Smith on Donald Trump and...
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Where did monogamy come from? Sexually transmitted diseases could hold the...
With the rise of agriculture, societies tended to become more complex – and less polygynous. Was this to stop the spread of infection? Exactly why so many humans choose monogamous pair bonds over...
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Can we afford to be colourblind in left-wing politics?
There is glaring lack of ethnic minority participation in politics and we have to acknowledge it. When I was a growing up in Coatbridge, near Glasgow, I told my mother when I was about 13 that I wanted...
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As David Cameron’s powers wane, he will struggle to secure the legacy he wants
The Prime Minister only has himself to blame for his accelerated decline. In 2004, Gordon Brown estimated a politician’s sell-by date. “Once you’ve had seven years the public start getting sick of...
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