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It is sometimes said of the political Left that it wants everything to be filtered into three categories: free, illegal or obligatory. To which Rishi Sunak says: hold my Mexican Coke. The prime minister's proposal to ban young people from being ever able to legally smoke passed its first Commons hurdle last night,…

The disappointing “miss” immediately sent financial markets scrambling to reassess their projections of the timing of the first move on rates by the Bank of England

UK still stuck in a pattern of slow growth but recession is almost certainly over

ONS figures suggest 9.7 million people are waiting for hospital appointment or treatment

In today’s newsletter: Work and pensions secretary Mel Stride claims 94% of those going to the doctors feeling ‘bluesy’ will be signed off work. What’s the evidence for this claim?

Graduates are more likely to migrate to the big cities. But any political benefits from this are decidedly mixed, says writer and editor John Merrick

Greater fall per head and latest trade data illustrate longer term decline of economy

Latest estimate from ONS says GDP declined by 0.3% in final quarter of 2023

U-turn comes after campaigners attacked proposal by data body for England and Wales as ‘callous’