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Welfare State
Third Time Unlucky
"We should never trust the government — any government — to look after us in old age"
Christopher Fildes
Open Season
Welfare State
Westminster
Something For Nothing Just Won’t Do Any More
To provide for Britain’s ageing population, Iain Duncan Smith should embrace the contributory principle in his welfare reforms
Sheila Lawlor
Features
Welfare State
Pension Pot Luck
Imagine being allowed to own your own pension. Why, you might do something silly with it.
Christopher Fildes
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Economy
Welfare State
Time For An NHS Mark II
"The most radical health reforms will be made necessary in the next Parliament by events, dear reader, events."
Frank Field
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Health
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Welfare State
We Can Fix The Economy But Not Human Nature
In the Church of England's new book the Archbishops of Canterbury and York are too focused on inequality rather than poverty, greed and folly
Nigel Lawson
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Welfare State
The Turbulent Minister is Right
British churchmen look to America's example on welfare
James Mumford
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Welfare State
Pension Pretense
‘Pensions do not grow on trees and never did. That was an illusion’
Christopher Fildes
Open Season
Welfare State
School Meal Deal
The Deprived Pupil Premium — the eligibility criterion for two years' free university tuition — favours the work-shy and discriminates against working single parents
Susannah Hickling
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Welfare State
The Aged: “Help!”
‘If you’ve always paid your way in your working life, you’ll pay your way as you die’
Lionel Shriver
On the Contrary
Welfare State
Back to Beveridge or Welfare Will Go Bust
Iain Duncan Smith has made a good start on reform but he needs to restore the insurance principle
Sheila Lawlor
Features
UK Politics
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The ravenous longing for the infinite possibilities of “otherwhere”
Stephen Bayley
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The king of cakes
"Yuletide revels were designed to see you through the dark days — and how dark they seem today"
Carolyn Hart
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