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From the Editor: Thank you to our readers and supporters

Basit Mahmood
23 December, 2025 (5 days ago)

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Basit Mahmood
23 December, 2025 (5 days ago)

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The sub-text appears to be: elect Labour – get punished.

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Bringing up the rest of the country shouldn’t mean ‘levelling down’ in the capital.

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Josiah Mortimer
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Brian Rose quit a hard-hitting interview – before his company filed a claim for copyright infringement, a group of young YouTubers say.

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Emma Burnell
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Emma Burnell
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The disaster over the European Super League should be a catalyst for real change.

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Prem Sikka
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Government plans to privatise and weaken accountancy oversight will be a boon to big corporations.

I voted for the Lobbying Act. Here’s what went wrong

Lord Paul Tyler
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We thought the Lobbying Act would be a good start. But recent scandals have proved we need much stronger transparency rules.

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