Britain
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The Starmer government looks a poor guardian of England’s improving schools
It is fiddling with what works and not yet dealing with what doesn’t
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Inflation in Britain looks irritatingly persistent
Worse, the risk has appeared just as growth is sputtering
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Labour lacks good ideas for improving Britain’s schools
Making private ones a bit more expensive is not an inspiring start
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Why meal-replacement drinks are shaking up the British lunch
They are being rebranded as aspirational as well as efficient
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Britain’s Labour government is keen on deporting illegal migrants
But its efforts will run into roadblocks
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Britain prepares for its third defence review in four years
Does it want to remain a serious power on land or sea?
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Britain’s aid budget is less generous than it looks
The world’s poorest are paying the price for Britain’s dysfunctional asylum system
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Britain’s government has only half a plan to improve infrastructure
It is taking on NIMBYs, but has not focused on projects that will boost the economy