Political economy and inequality
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Weekly Worldview: What counts—and who can act on it?
Five developments—from elections and protests to health, work and biodiversity finance—show why evidence matters only when…
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Environment News: An El Niño warning is useful only if people can act on it
An ongoing preparedness explainer separates seasonal forecasts from local certainty and asks how warnings become usable…
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Health: After a high blood-pressure reading, what makes follow-up possible?
A public-health explainer on the gap between detecting high blood pressure and sustaining effective, accessible care.
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Mental Health: A sleep score is not a diagnosis—or a fair measure of effort
A large observational sleep study prompts questions about measurement, distress and whether people have the conditions…
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Economics: The OECD forecasts growth—but who can afford to keep going?
The new OECD outlook projects continued growth under energy-price assumptions. An AE reading asks what households…
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Education News: Vocational GCSEs will need more than a new name
England’s proposed vocational GCSEs raise a practical question: will pupils gain usable choices, or simply differently…
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Environment News: Europe’s methane rules meet an energy-security test
France’s request to delay EU methane reporting shows how a climate rule can be weakened at…
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Health: The world’s care workforce is ageing with its patients
WHO projections of a global health-worker shortfall show why recruitment alone cannot repair care systems—and can…
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Economics: Britain’s August borrowing overshot the forecast—what the headline does and does not mean
August borrowing reached £18.3bn, but one provisional month is not a verdict: the important questions concern…
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UK Policy and Politics: A £17bn tax promise rests on politics that has not happened
The Liberal Democrats’ conference tax proposal is politically significant, but it is not law and depends…