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First a peerage, now a plum job—why does Boris keep promoting Charlotte Owen?
Baroness Owen was just 29 when she was given a life peerage by the former prime minister. A year on, she has another new role. What makes her so uniquely qualified?
Alan Rusbridger
Politics
A housebuilding boom will make us all better off
Dan Tomlinson, Dr. Jeevun Sandher
The Insider
Labour can’t ignore destitute Britain
Tom Clark
Media Confidential
Has Musk gone too far?
World
Slovakia: the EU’s new problem child
Anton Spisak
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How yimbys got Labour on board
The Yimby Alliance’s John Myers and Kane Emerson on why they’re finally feeling hopeful about housing 
Ben Clark
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During the riots, we saw that solidarity is action
Tayiba Sulaiman
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Government
Labour’s private finance delusion
Stephen Glaister
Government
OBR technocrats can’t prevent bad government behaviour
Sam Freedman
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Paul Mason untangles the far-right networks linked to the recent anti-immigration riots. Jonathan Sumption critiques the US Supreme Court’s decision on Trump’s presidential immunity. Meanwhile, Lucy Lethbridge reviews a study of children’s literature.

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A housebuilding boom will make us all better off
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First a peerage, now a plum job—why does Boris keep promoting Charlotte Owen?
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Miraculous music, miraculous muesli
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Germany’s far right will govern from the sidelines
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US election officials have plenty to fear
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Forever young
Kids’ books are sometimes looked down upon. They shouldn’t be. As a new study shows, they’re our gateway to the universe
Lucy Lethbridge
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Top class
Tom Clark
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Culture
On the eighth day...
Rhodri Lewis
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Children of men
Francesca Peacock
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Hand-me-down economics
The accumulation of great wealth in the hands of a few has broken Britain’s social contract. Will Labour be bold enough to do the right thing?
Philip Collins
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Out of time: How London became a news desert
Duncan Campbell
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When monoculture leads to monofailure
Ethan Zuckerman
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Why are we still eating so much meat?
Julian Baggini
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Did the Murdoch empire hack MPs for commercial ends?
What if Rupert Murdoch’s newspaper company didn’t just hack phones to get a scoop, but targeted elected politicians—right to the very top—in pursuit of its business ambitions?
Nick Davies
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Phone Hacking
How Murdoch’s company magicked away 31 million emails
Nick Davies
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What did Rupert know, when?
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Did Washington Post publisher ‘pervert the course of justice’ under Murdoch?
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Michael Rosen’s diary: travelling the world, via the North Circular
Whether we’re en route to a Cornish inlet or a Sikh wedding, the inescapable North Surk is an exhibition of multicultural Britain
Michael Rosen
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People
Can the Light Phone help us switch off?
Ella Glover
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Beyond the algorithm
Katie Goh
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Misogyny in the kitchen
Graeme Green
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