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We need to talk about capitalism. Why won’t Labour do it?
We often hear how ministers should be more honest about the state of the economy. How they should signal their intentions and, before announcing a policy shift, have the guts and intellectual heft to debate the expected impact in public, such that when a section of the public dislikes the …
‘It brings back memories of Aberfan’: coal tip collapse in storms sparks revolt in Welsh valley
Revealed: UK politics infiltrated by ‘dark money’ with 10% of donations from dubious sources
Loopholes in the law are allowing “dark money” to infiltrate UK politics, with almost £1 in every £10 donated to parties and politicians coming from unknown or dubious sources, analysis reveals.
Cash from companies that have never turned a profit, from unincorporated associations that do not have to declare their …
AI expert Marietje Schaake: ‘The way we think about technology is shaped by the tech companies themselves’
Marietje Schaake is a former Dutch member of the European parliament. She is now the international policy director at Stanford University Cyber Policy Center and international policy fellow at Stanford’s
Institute for Human-Centred Artificial Intelligence
. Her new book is entitledThe Tech Coup: How to Save Democracy …
Money trail: questions over deposed Bangladeshi elite’s £400m UK property empire
Starmer deploys royals to charm Gulf leaders in hopes of new trade deal
The royal family is being deployed by the UK government to roll out the red carpet for the autocratic leaders of Gulf states, amid hopes of a trade deal with the oil-rich countries.
, Sheikh Tamim bin …Musk could use the ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ for self-enrichment
Beekeepers halt honey awards over ‘huge fraud’ in global supply chain
The World Beekeeping Awards will not award a prize for honey next year after warnings of widespread fraud in the global supply chain.
Apimondia, the International Federation of Beekeepers’ Associations, says it will showcase honey from around the world at its congress in Denmark, but for the first time make …
‘It’s almost dirty money’: the older generation of crypto investors benefiting from the ‘Trump pump’
Miles, a 37-year-old NHS doctor from London, has been trying to persuade friends to buy cryptocurrencies for years. In recent weeks, the “Trump pump” to crypto prices has left them envious. “They have watched in frustration as my gamble paid off,” he says.
Miles’s crypto portfolio is now worth £2.3m, …
‘Why would we wait?’: Lebanon starts to rebuild as ceasefire takes effect
For two months, the only sounds in Nabatieh were the buzzing of an Israeli drone overhead and the dull thump of distant airstrikes. The day after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah came into effect, the drone was gone and southern Lebanon’s second largest city was filled with the sound …