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Frank Field, MP and welfare reformer, 1942-2024

Former UK labour minister eschewed tribalism and held out the promise of a more collaborative style of politics

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Frank Field

Richard Gadd, the ‘Baby Reindeer’ comic confronts his past

The hit show has unleashed a debate about who has the right to tell another’s story

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Person In The News

What new aid really means for Ukraine — and for Putin

Kyiv will have to husband its new resources carefully before trying to liberate Russian-occupied land

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Lawrence Freedman

Inside the UK’s failing plans to ‘level up’ left-behind towns

The promise of billions in regeneration funding helped Boris Johnson win power in 2019. But critics say little has changed on the ground

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The Big Read

The Anglosphere has an advantage on immigration

English-speaking countries generally do better at both attracting and integrating talent

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John Burn-Murdoch

How economists could make themselves more useful

There is a gap between the research supplied by academia and what policymakers actually want

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Soumaya Keynes

With Trump in court, can Biden take control of the election?

As polls show the race tied, the president is campaigning around the country and his opponent is stuck spending his days in a Manhattan courtroom

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The Big Read

Science is closing in on the frailties of old age

Research is finding ways to extend animal lifespans but regulators are still wary of treating ageing as a disease

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Camilla Cavendish

Diamonds won’t be forever unless miners make them sparkle

The natural jewels have lost their old mystique because carbon crystals can be grown in labs

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John Gapper

Rejoice! Voyager 1 is back from the dead

The craft embodies a golden age of space exploration

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Anjana Ahuja

Relative measures can be absolutely wrong

Comparing one data point with another can be misleading, nonsensical or even dangerous.

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Stuart Kirk

The ambitions of China’s BYD stretch well beyond electric vehicles

The company’s global plans range from solar modules and electric buses, trucks and trains to complex transport systems. But is it trying to do...

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The Big Read

The colonialist overtones of EU’s green trade crusade

Many middle-income countries show reserves of pragmatic tolerance that Europeans do not necessarily deserve

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Alan Beattie

A message to economists: geopolitics matters too

Western policymakers ignore changing global power relations at their peril

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Paul Tucker

Daniel Dennett and the purpose of philosophy

The philosopher’s job is surely more than to be a servant to the sciences

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Jonathan Derbyshire

The dire situation on America’s southern border

If Congress will not act, President Joe Biden may have to do so

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The Editorial Board

A justifiable ban on US non-compete clauses

There are other ways of retaining key workers and protecting trade secrets

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The Editorial Board

The Chips Act has been surprisingly successful so far

More than halfway through its incentives spending, the US will have far greater scope to manage shocks

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Chris Miller

An optimist’s guide to the next Labour government

Political stability, catch-up growth and better luck would make 2024 a good election to win

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Chris Giles

It’s not only AI that hallucinates

Human memory is also fallible but people and machines can learn to complement each other

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John Thornhill

Lessons for investors from the history of war finance

Governments rarely tell voters the true cost of military adventures, or how they intend to pay for them

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Gillian Tett

Have UK asset managers lost their way?

The industry has not had much to celebrate of late but some things are looking up

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Toby Nangle

Beware the pragmatism of the nonchalant ‘hot earthers’

Defending the environmental status quo in the name of ‘pragmatism’ is indefensible

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Anjana Ahuja

While Donald Trump sleeps 

The Ukraine aid vote in the House of Representatives exposed Republican divisions that will endure

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Edward Luce

Tories need to learn to love London again

The capital votes for its mayor next week, but the Conservatives’ dissociation from the city means they seem set for failure

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Robert Shrimsley

The ‘gender health gap’ shortens lives and costs billions

Neglecting women’s pain affects the entire medical pipeline, from research to diagnosis and treatment

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Anna-Maria Volkmann

The silent army that makes Beijing’s daily life possible

Robot deliveries are becoming a common sight but in a world of apps and automation it's hard-pressed gig workers who ease the friction

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Eleanor Olcott

How young South Africans are rethinking Nelson Mandela’s legacy

Some of those born after the end of apartheid are taking inspiration from the radical politics of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

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The Big Read

Can long-term mortgages help solve the UK’s housing crisis?

Home loans with interest rates fixed for a decade or more could get more buyers on to the ladder — and disrupt a £1.6tn industry

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The Big Read

The White House knows that the global south has a point

Rich countries espouse active industrial policy at home while continuing to impose outdated policies abroad

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Rana Foroohar

Britain’s egregious Rwanda asylum bill

Plan to remove some small boat migrants to Africa is costly, flawed and sets a bad precedent

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The Editorial Board

The China-Russia trade friendship may not be quite what you think

Commercial ties between the two powers appear to be catching up from an abnormally low base

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Agathe Demarais

The tricky judgments on when to loosen

An ECB interest rate cut soon would make sense but the Fed faces a more difficult call in the US

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Martin Wolf

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