Britain
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Food for thought
Despite Brexit and the government, British manufacturing is doing well
But food and drug firms have fared better than carmakers
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Bagehot
How rationing became the fashion under the Tories
When queues, cajoling and ministerial diktat trump need
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Sickness service to health service
The world’s largest health-research study is under way in Britain
It is aimed at saving Britons—and the NHS
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Joining up the bots
Britain’s NHS is trying once again to collate patients’ data
The project is imperfect and controversial, but the technology is needed
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Off the boiler
How will Britain turn off its gas grid?
Gas has been piped to British homes for 50 years. Switching it off will be a headache
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Gender and politics
Why British politicians are defending women-only spaces
Labour and the Conservatives end up agreeing on a contentious issue
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Metrospective
Why a British challenger bank got into trouble
And what Metro Bank’s narrow escape means for competition
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There is an alternative
Britain’s Labour Party embraces supply-side social democracy
Sir Keir Starmer’s agenda for government starts with reforms to planning
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Labouring a point
Even when he glitters, Sir Keir Starmer still struggles to shine
Whether that will matter to British voters remains to be seen