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What was life like the last time inflation was this high in 1982?

Margaret Thatcher had been almost three years into her first term as prime minister

Manchester Evening News

Ken Clarke: ‘The idea that tax cuts will automatically produce growth is nonsense’

The veteran Tory, who stood three times to lead his party, on the cost of living crisis, today’s political culture and the best PM we never had

The Guardian - UK

Water firms exist to sustain life. They should answer to citizens, not shareholders

An oversight system with teeth would stop utilities from inflicting misery by profiteering

The Guardian - UK

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This is not the 1970s. Tory pledges to cut taxes are absurd

Sunak and Truss have no grasp of how low personal taxation is now – or how much a battered Britain needs public spending

The Guardian - UK

Wonder who Liz Truss will reward with a job or punish with exile? History can tell us

If she becomes Tory leader she will have to weigh up whether voters are expecting a complete clear-out or more of the same

The Guardian - UK

Stats show 'AWOL' Prime Minister rarely misses PMQs

Boris Johnson may skip COBRA meetings but he rarely misses the weekly battle in the Commons

Wales Online

How have Dulwich Village locals reacted to the news of Carrie and Boris Johnson’s potential move?

News of the Johnsons’ potential move has proven controversial — here’s what locals think about the possibility of having the couple as neighbours.

Evening Standard

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Thatcherism is an obsolete ideology – but it’s the only one that Sunak and Truss have

The Tories see fresh thinking as a luxury, so their leaders are sticking with an orthodoxy that’s well past its sell-by date, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Guardian - UK

A guide to Dulwich Village: The south London village that Carrie and Boris Johnson could soon call home

Boris and Carrie Johnson are rumoured to be moving to upmarket Dulwich Village after leaving Downing Street — here’s everything you need to know about the area.

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak is more authentic and emotional, and Liz Truss more analytical: a linguistic analysis throws up unexpected results

In a series of hustings across the country, Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss are talking to Conservative party members about what they plan to do if elected as leader of the party and prime minister of the UK.

The Conversation

What life was like in 1982 - the last time inflation was this high

Wales Online

Liz Truss: Who is the foreign secretary hoping to become prime minister?

Social media savvy ‘human hand grenade’ seen as continuity candidate and currently ahead of Rishi Sunak thanks to questionable tax promises and neo-Thatcherite branding

The Independent UK

Dear Liz Truss: I’m woke, not business-minded and a leftwinger. Am I not your type of Jew?

In her vote-chasing message to the Jewish community, the foreign secretary has reinforced age-old stereotypes, says Simon Hattenstone

The Guardian - UK

Sir Ralph Halpern obituary

Flamboyant businessman who transformed Burton Group into one of the most famous retail chains of the 1980s

The Guardian - UK

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Like Thatcher, Truss wants radical change – but could she avoid a crisis?

Whether she or Rishi Sunak becomes prime minister, challenge looks as daunting as it did for James Callaghan in 1976

Evening Standard

Conservative leadership race: Rishi Sunak ramps up plans to help millions tackle cost-of-living crisis

Former chancellor says people ‘need reassurance now about what we will do’ to tackle the burden inflicted by rising bills.

The Independent UK

Sunak ramps up promises to tackle cost-of-living crisis

Former chancellor says people ‘need reassurance now about what we will do’ to tackle the burden inflicted by rising bills.

Evening Standard

So what if Larkin was reactionary? The poems still sing

Philip Larkin was one of the greatest poets of the 20th century. He was also, among other things, a librarian at Hull University, an editor of the Oxford Book of Twentieth-Century English Verse, a huge fan of Margaret Thatcher, a prodigious writer of letters, an aficionado of jazz music and…

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The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss is a Gen-Xer like me. We shouldn’t be the ones in power right now

The relative global stability that I grew up with is long gone, yet one of my peers is carrying on like nothing has changed, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK

Raymond Briggs obituary

Author-illustrator known for The Snowman and Father Christmas whose books often explored the quiet heroism of ordinary lives

The Independent UK

Liz Truss: Who is the foreign secretary hoping to become prime minister?

Social media savvy ‘human hand grenade’ seen as continuity candidate and currently ahead of Rishi Sunak thanks to questionable tax promises and neo-Thatcherite branding

The Conversation

Explainer: how neoliberalism became an insult in Australian politics

The much-debated term “neoliberalism” again entered the political debate last week, with Greens leader Adam Bandt using a National Press Club speech to decry neoliberalism in the Labor Party.

Edinburgh Live

These 23 incredible Edinburgh images will take you right back to the 1980s

From historic visits and landmark developments, to grand sporting events and rising political tensions, we've trawled through our picture archives to bring you some of the biggest moments that shaped the capital in the 1980s.

Zenger

Historic Car That Took Maggie Thatcher To The Queen Is At Auction

The 'Iron Lady' was chauffeured to the historic meeting with Her Majesty in the 1973 Rover P5 on May 4, 1979.

The Independent UK

Liz Truss: Who is the foreign secretary hoping to become prime minister?

Social media savvy ‘human hand grenade’ seen as continuity candidate and currently ahead of Rishi Sunak thanks to questionable tax promises and neo-Thatcherite branding

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