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Awareness of the harm caused by online pornography is rising. Last month, the government bowed to pressure from campaigners and pledged to make...


Everyone in Britain has views about the royal family. In many cases, lots of views. Britain’s parliament, however, never lets the subject pass its...





Can you guess which professionals in England work 26 hours of overtime a week without compensation, give up time with friends and family to deal with...


Donald Trump’s desire to end the war in Ukraine might be sincere, but his motives are selfish. He wants the glory of having brokered a deal and does...




The abduction, rape and murder of Sarah Everard by a serving police officer in 2021 caused an outpouring of grief, fear and rage. The reaction was...


Can Labour save a failing system by hollowing out its safeguards? David Lammy, the justice secretary, thinks so. Under his proposals, jury trials in...





Men, on average, have lower life expectancy than women – by around four years in the UK. They account for three-quarters of all deaths by suicide...


The confected frenzy splashed across the morning front pages from the Telegraph to the Mail is remarkable mostly for its absurdity. An outrage machine...








When Swiss tycoons handed Donald Trump a gold bar and a Rolex watch – gifts that were followed by a cut in US tariffs – it was no diplomatic...


The crisis over special educational needs and disabilities in England is not just a question of cash. Children and parents spend months and years...


JMW Turner appears on £20 notes and gives his name to Britain’s most avant garde contemporary art prize. John Constable’s work adorns countless...


As Donald Trump’s Thanksgiving Day deadline for a Ukraine peace agreement came and went this week, the Russia expert Mark Galeotti pointed to a...


Cities have existed for millennia, but their triumph is remarkably recent. As recently as 1950, only 30% of the world’s population were urban...


Abolition of trial by jury in England and Wales in all but the most serious cases is not the official policy of Sir Keir Starmer’s government –...


Not much about the House of Lords is defensible on principles of democratic representation. One plausible merit of an appointed chamber is that...


Rachel Reeves’s budget contains many measures to make any social democrat cheer. Scrapping the two‑child benefit cap, putting up gambling taxes,...





In a sobering report on public services published last month, the Institute for Government (IfG) struck an almost lyrical note when recalling the...


The callous treatment of thousands of carer’s allowance claimants reflects appallingly on the priorities and leadership of the Department for Work...





This year’s UN climate talks in Brazil’s Belém ended without a major breakthrough. The text of the final agreement lacked a deal to shift away...


There was a grim familiarity to the unveiling of Donald Trump’s latest peace proposals for Ukraine last week. As in August, when the US president...







