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British Gas, OVO, Octopus, EDF customers warned 'open doors and windows' today
Birmingham Live via Yahoo News UK· 3 hours agoBritish Gas, OVO, EDF, EON Next and Octopus customers have been warned to "open windows and doors" today. Customers signed up to the biggest energy suppliers ...
People complain about first-past-the-post – but everyone knew the rules
The New Statesman· 3 hours agoThe winning party, despite tepid enthusiasm for its offering and a share of just over a third of the...
How Labour can make government work better
The New Statesman· 3 hours agoOne of the new Labour government’s greatest challenges will be expanding the capacity of the British state. Government is not war but, with 13 years in...
The SNP’s uncivil war
The New Statesman· 11 hours agoIt was only in May that John Swinney launched his bid to become SNP leader with the words: “I want to unite the SNP and unite Scotland for independence.”...
In praise of British politics
The New Statesman· 4 hours agoThursday 4 July marked an extraordinary moment in British political history: a Labour landslide; the Conservatives’ worst electoral defeat in history;...
From Simon Kuper to Stephen Alford: new books reviewed in short
The New Statesman· 6 hours agoThe many ways in which women’s health is overlooked – the absence of women from clinical trials, for...
Letter of the week: The trouble with democracy
The New Statesman· 5 hours agoOne feature of election time is that politicians become dewy-eyed about democracy. Penny Mordaunt, in her concession speech, said: “Democracy is never...
