How can we claim to be human while our countries still support and defend the massacres in Palestine, asks HUGH LANNING
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Labour's austerity is an economic blind alley
In his first of a new monthly economics column MICHAEL BURKE argues that public-sector investment is more effective, more productive than private-sector investment
Rachel Reeves and her Treasury team prepare to leave 11 Downing Street, London, before delivering the Budget in the Houses of Parliament, December 16 2024
The decision highlights the tension between freedom of expression and the state’s role in shaping historical memory at former concentration camps, reports LEON WYSTRYCHOWSKI
US tariffs have had Von der Leyen bowing in submission, while comments from the former European Central Bank leader call for more European political integration and less individual state sovereignty. All this adds up to more pain and austerity ahead, argues NICK WRIGHT
This year will see a new north-east commemoration – in Sunderland – where all are welcome to join us in tribute to those who died defending democracy in the Spanish civil war, says TONY FOX
ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT delve into the technicalities of famine classification to reveal a worldview in tatters
Westminster has been forced to pay out millions over a fire started by a soldier in 2021, opening a new chapter in accountability, writes NICHOLAS KOMU
THE British economy continues to stagnate, with a series of negative consequences for prosperity including pay, poverty and public services.
This stagnation is long-term and so too is the decline in living standards. Cleary, a radical reorientation in economic policy is needed to reverse these trends.
There should be no room for complacency in Downing Street or elsewhere that the economy avoided the technical definition of recession — which is two consecutive quarters of economic contraction.
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