Labour Chancellors are particularly good at it. Today’s Spending Review was Reeves’s first big opportunity to let loose.Spending public money is always more fun than the hard work of saving it,...
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On Wednesday, she said she wouldn't hike any of the big three taxes in her autumn Budget: income tax, national insurance (NI) and VAT.But that still leaves a lot she can do. Economists reckon...
You can almost smell the warm ale and faded dignity already: two blokes, one jukebox, and a sea of folded arms in a working men’s club somewhere between theghosts of the abandoned pits and the...
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As a self-confessed bookworm, and someone who rarely watches TV, I read anything up to five books a week, and sometimes even more. By my reckoning, I’ve read at least 5,000 books since I was a...
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Amanda Owen has been flooded with support from fans as she shared an emotional statement following filming the second series of Our Farm Next Door. The Channel 4 series shows Amanda, Clive, and their...
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