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Should Labour break manifesto pledge and raise taxes?Today's Big Question There are ‘powerful’ fiscal arguments for an income tax rise but it could mean ‘game over’ for the government
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Will Lucy Powell help or hinder Keir Starmer?Today’s Big Question New deputy Labour leader represents both ‘peril’ and ‘opportunity’ for prime minister
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What are V levels?The Explainer Government proposals aim to ‘streamline’ post-GCSE education options
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The two-child benefit cap: should it be lifted?The Explainer Labour MPs have long disliked the policy of limiting benefits for families with more than two children
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Is Labour’s new attack on Brexit foolish or wise?Today's Big Question Government shifts strategy to take on Nigel Farage’s central role in vote to leave the EU
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Will Starmer’s India visit herald blossoming new relations?Today's Big Question Despite a few ‘awkward undertones’, the prime minister’s trip shows signs of solidifying trade relations
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The end of ‘golden ticket’ asylum rightsThe Explainer Refugees lose automatic right to bring family over and must ‘earn’ indefinite right to remain
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Why did the China spying case collapse?Today’s Big Question Unwillingness to call China an ‘enemy’ apparently scuppered espionage trial
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How digital ID cards work around the worldThe Explainer Many countries use electronic ID to streamline access to services despite concern by civil rights groups they ‘shift the balance of power towards the state’
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Can Shabana Mahmood ‘save Starmer’s skin’?Today's Big Question Home Secretary aims to draw a line between Labour and Reform on immigration
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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The UK’s five greatest prime ministersIn Depth A new YouGov poll gives the latest indication of the fame and popularity of the UK’s past leaders
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Your Party: a Pythonesque shamblesTalking Point Comical disagreements within Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana's group highlight their precarious position
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Will recognising Palestine make any difference?Talking Point Coordinated action is a ‘deliberate tactic to increase the diplomatic pressure on Israel’
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Behind the ‘Boriswave’: Farage plans to scrap indefinite leave to remainThe Explainer The problem of the post-Brexit immigration surge – and Reform’s radical solution
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