We are not all in this together
Ministers will be largely untouched by the cuts they are introducing. Is this a cabinet guided by the national interest or vested interests?
We’ve just jumped off a cliff
George Osborne’s Comprehensive Spending Review is the biggest — and riskiest — macroeconomic experiment undertaken by any advanced country in living memory.
Saudi murder verdict
Justice has been done. But will it only strengthen the Wahhabists’ hand?
The coming battle over land and property
There was a time, in the days of Lloyd George and then Attlee, when land reform was a convulsive political issue. It should be so again.
How the Spending Review hit the poorest hardest
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In the Critics this week
Amanda Foreman's review of Orlando Figes, Ryan Gilbey on Clio Barnard and Will Self on cop killers.
Preview: NS interview with Mike Leigh
The director explains his refusal to visit Israel and says he received "exhortations not to go" from within the country.
Video: Nick Robinson vs anti-war placard
Hilarious camera phone vid of the BBC's political editor trashing an anti-war protester's sign on College Green yesterday.
Chancellor prepares to unveil spending cuts
George Osborne will reveal the outcome of the Comprehensive Spending Review later today.
British aid worker released in Somalia
A security consultant kidnapped by gunmen last Thursday has been released.
Cyber warfare one of the "biggest threats" to UK security
Budget for intelligence, counter-terrorism, and cyber security expected to rise despite overall cuts to defence.
UK businesses endorse Osborne's spending cuts
Leaders of 35 top UK companies writer a letter expressing their support for the deficit reduction plan.
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How the Spending Review hit the poorest hardest
The poorest 10 per cent suffered the greatest loss of income from the Chancellor’s decisions.
We are not all in this together
Ministers will be largely untouched by the cuts they are introducing.
An open letter to Vince Cable
Now is the time to choose between the smoking lobby and the British people.
Leader: Feel the pain as Osborne swings his axe
The Britain that emerges from the cuts will be profoundly changed: more unequal and less confident.
Spill waters run deep
Oil stopped flowing from the Deepwater Horizon rig in July, but the legal wrangling is only just beginning.
The NS Interview: Bjørn Lomborg
“I didn’t want to be the gay guy who talks about the environment”.
Natural Capital: The True Wealth of Nations
Economists have still not caught up with the most important capital of all: Natural Capital.
A world too full of people
Politicians of western countries avoid talking about population control, but if we invest in family planning we might just save our planet.
Sunday Telegraph apologises to UN climate chief
Sunday Telegraph has issued an apology to Dr Rajendra Pachauri
Your Democracy
Everything you want to know about your MP, the Lords and the UK’s main political parties. Plus, browse debates from 1803 to the present day.
We’ve just jumped off a cliff
George Osborne’s Comprehensive Spending Review is the biggest — and riskiest — macroeconomic experiment undertaken by any advanced country in living memory.
Rise and fall of the prop trader
Proprietary trading has become a target for US regulators.
French police battle fuel blockades
French police battle fuel blockades
King warns Britain of a "sober" decade ahead
King warns Britain of a 'sober' decade ahead
Goldman compensation 21% less than last year
Goldman compensation 21% less than last year
The Arbor (15)
Ryan Gilbey experiences the turbulent family life of a working-class playwright.
The Genius of British Art
Mr Jacobson is a seductive and idiosyncratic art critic.
Waste not, want not
The key to saving the planet may lie within us all, discovers Antonia Quirke.
Loss leaders
The Turner Prize shortlist reflects this age of austerity.
A huge gamble
Poorest hit
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Justice done
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