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Cost-of-living: Nearly 3 in 10 find essentials difficult to afford, despite most shopping around
Nearly 30% of people find it difficult to afford essentials – like groceries, broadband and insurance – despite most people shopping around for better prices, a think-tank reveals today.
| Published: | 17 August 2023 |
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Housing makes Brits worse off than Americans, research shows
Britain’s broken housing market is a prime reason for Britons being worse off than Americans, new research shows today.
| Published: | 10 August 2023 |
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‘Set up National Replication Institute to speed up scientific progress and boost economic growth’
Overhauling UK’s research infrastructure and funding system can improve the reliability of scientific research and kick start the economy, a think tank argues today.
| Published: | 30 July 2023 |
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Politicians must overcome ‘nanny state’ worries to improve Britain’s health
Policymakers that want to boost the country’s stalling life expectancy and reduce yawning health inequalities are doomed to fail unless they get over their aversion to bans, taxes and regulation, a think tank warns today.
| Published: | 27 July 2023 |
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‘Fast tracking asylum seekers into work to fill labour shortages requires a differentiated approach’
Asylum seekers from a “green list” of countries such as Afghanistan and Syria should get the right to work in the UK as soon they make their claim, a think-tank proposes today.
| Published: | 24 July 2023 |
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‘Hire business leaders to run Department of Health’
Senior business executives should be appointed to run the Department of Health and Social Care and radically reshape the NHS, with more local decision-making and fewer big hospitals, a former health minister says today.
| Published: | 16 July 2023 |
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