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The man's not for turning

Osborne's lack of a Plan B could prove his undoing. But it is the British people who will pay the price.
The man's not for turning

The NS Interview: Bill Bryson

“Have you ever seen Glenn Beck in operation? It’s terrifying”
The NS Interview: Bill Bryson

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.
We’ve just jumped off a cliff

An open letter to Vince Cable

Now is the time to choose between the smoking lobby and the British people.
An open letter to Vince Cable

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.
The coming battle over land and property
Boundary changes will hit Welsh Labour MPs hardest

Boundary changes will hit Welsh Labour MPs hardest

There is a clear political dimension to the way that the Coalition's proposed boundary changes will be implemented.

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Arundhati Roy threatened with arrest

Arundhati Roy threatened with arrest

Indian government accuses author of making "seditious" comments about Kashmir.

Web Only: the best of the blogs

Web Only: the best of the blogs

The five must-read blogs from today, including the growth figures, and Cameron as a "Tea Party Tory".

A strike for Bonfire Night

A strike for Bonfire Night

Can strikes by public service workers ever be an abuse of power?

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Police in training for 'Mumbai-style' terror attack in UK

Security chiefs order more guns and extra training to prepare for "commando-style" attacks.

Labour takes lead in new poll as cuts fears grow
Tories behind in new Populus poll for the first time since November 2007.

Police authorities not ready for cuts, warns watchdog
Only one in five police authorities are ready to cut forces effectively, warns police watchdog.

David Cameron to focus on economic growth in CBI speech
The PM will reiterate argument that public sector job losses will be offset by private sector growth.

We are not all in this together

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?

How the Spending Review hit the poorest hardest
The poorest 10 per cent suffered the greatest loss of income from the Chancellor’s decisions.

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

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

A strike for Bonfire Night

Why the NHS budget isn't as safe as you think

Video: Nick Robinson versus anti-war placard

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

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.

Documents reveal Citigroup's plans to take over EMI
Terra Fima took control of the company in 2007 but has been unable to turn around the business.

KPMG under investigation over BAE payments
Investigation will look at the audits starting from 1997.

Cable to call for rethink of corporate governance

Royal Mail managers to go on strike

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.

Rocky road
Antonia Quirke worries about the guys at this station.

Waste not, want not
The key to saving the planet may lie within us all, discovers Antonia Quirke.

Bill Bryson

The NS Interview: Bill Bryson

Do they matter?

Who are these Skeptics? And do they matter?

Rehabilitated?

Suharto the

Fear of China

Fear of a Chinese planet

Video rage

Video: Nick Robinson versus anti-war placard

In this together?

We are not all in this together

What a carve up!

In this week’s New Statesman: What a carve up!

Record funding

What political recession?
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