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Political Editor, New Statesman george@newstatesman.co.uk

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  1. Jacob Rees-Mogg is wealthy enough not to worry about a no-deal Brexit - but his investment firm has opened two Irish funds anyway.

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    VS Naipaul 1932-2018: The king of literary rootlessness. 's 1998 interview-profile.

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    Another trade union general secretary comes out in favour of IHRA: what does it mean? has you covered:

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  4. Aug 11

    20 years ago, 68% of US families with children in poverty received cash benefits, today just 26% do (via ).

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  5. Aug 10

    This story has been on a permanent loop since about 2000.

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    Feeling even more motivated in my mission after hearing Iain Duncan Smith defend Boris!

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  8. Aug 10

    Political significance of UNISON's intervention is that it increases chance of Labour's NEC voting for full IHRA anti-Semitism guidelines.

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    Labour must adopt full IHRA anti-Semitism guidelines to regain the "moral high ground", argues UNISON general secretary .

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    The Chingford Corbynite: Faiza Shaheen on her mission to oust Iain Duncan Smith. From

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    I am talking to , editor of the New Statesman, at on August 22 about his new collection of essays and profiles charting the last ten years of British politics- should be utterly fascinating.

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  13. Aug 10

    2. The UK manufacturing sector is now officially *in recession* and the trade deficit has widened from £4.7bn to £8.6bn. 2/2

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  14. Aug 10

    Today's GDP figures confirm Britain's economic weakness: 1. The economy has grown below 0.5 per cent for six consecutive quarters - the longest stretch since the crash. 1/2

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    Conscious that a lot of the commentary on interest rates doesn't say what they are or how they impact the economy - here I explain what the recent rate hike involved, and why it was a bad idea

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    The Chingford Corbynite: Faiza Shaheen on her mission to oust Iain Duncan Smith from

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    CLASS director ⁦⁩ talks about her life & what brought her into politics. Read the interview in ⁦⁩ ⁦👇

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    Liz Kendall's never-ending leadership campaign, David Cameron's freaky festival chat, and David Davis's deep and special partnership with the Bellamy's salad bar. All that and more in this week's Commons Confidential.

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  20. Aug 9

    George Galloway and Ken Livingstone are launching a new stage show "The Outsiders", reveals in his excellent Commons Confidential.

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