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Spending Review: Did the "Whatever it takes" Chancellor live up to his nickname?
Fraser Raleigh, former Conservative Special Adviser to the Cabinet Office, gives his view on the Chancellor's Spending Review Today’s Spending Review...
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Letter from Sydney
By Jodie Brough Hard to believe that Christmas is almost upon us here in sunny Australia after an extraordinary year. There is a strong sense that the...
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Housebuilding ain’t broke, so should we fix it?
By Laura Sears The earliest recorded properties built by bricks were found in Jericho, Turkey, and date back to around 5,000BC. Fast-forward over 7...
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Global Britain – today’s Defence budget increase
By Tim Le Couilliard Boris Johnson has today unveiled a £16.5 billion increase in defence spending – the largest increase in budget since the Cold War...
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The acceleration into digital is no anomaly
By Bob Huxford According to many stock market commentators in recent weeks, any positive developments regarding COVID-19 vaccines should instigate a...
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Salad with your roast Ma’am?
By Alistair Kellie As we pass the (says hopefully) middle of the second national lockdown, we must spare a thought for the nation’s growers...
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Number 10 comms… ‘under new management’
By Ian Silvera Everything but the erection of a big plastic banner – restaurant-style – has been done to spell-out that Number 10 is ‘under new...
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There’s no excuse for putting up decorations before December, not even a pandemic!
By Gareth Jones I like Christmas decorations as much as anyone else, but there’s a time and a place for them. That time is, of course, December. And...
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