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Older, wealthier and whiter people are far more likely to vote – meaning politicians pay more attention to them
Ten years after the UK committed to tackle modern slavery, we’re no closer to preventing it. But we have the tools
JP Morgan Chase wrote to Rachel Reeves to lobby against rumoured banking surcharge rise ahead of autumn budget
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The immigration white paper is full of coded racism. It’s a cheap attempt to distract from the real failing: Brexit
