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Leadership Politics Viewpoint

We need leadership, not management

I wanna believe Rachel Reeves, but I’m having trouble – and I think I’ve worked out why The Chancellor’s been out warming up.

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Viewpoint World Affairs

The world isn’t watching

Selective outrage in the age of rolling news For months, our television screens have been saturated with images from Gaza, heartbreaking, relentless, and.

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Business News Viewpoint

ESG key to business success

By Neil Miller, director at Business Sustainability UK Ltd  Why West Midlands businesses can’t afford to ignore ESG Across the West Midlands, a.

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Business News Finance Viewpoint

Has City rediscovered its spark?

Shawbrook’s strong debut hints at a fragile but real IPO revival For the first time in years, London’s financial district has something to.

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Politics Viewpoint

Badenoch’s year of reckoning

Tory leader’s first anniversary exposes a party adrift, not just a politician under pressure By any political measure, Kemi Badenoch should have spent.

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Defence People Viewpoint

Wearing my poppy with pride

Lest We Forget Each November, I wear my poppy not as a decoration but as a declaration. It marks my respect for those.

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Viewpoint World Affairs

Liberal hope rekindled in Europe

Rob Jetten – a shift from populist fury to pragmatic stability It’s rare that a Dutch election captures the imagination of Europe’s political.

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Bromsgrove Finance Politics Viewpoint

 ‘Scrap stamp duty’ – MP

MPs have voted overwhelmingly against scrapping stamp duty – but Bradley Thomas, MP for Bromsgrove, is among those whose vigour to get rid.

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Birmingham Politics Viewpoint

Birmingham Pub Bombings anger

Deadliest terror attack on mainland Britain last century The Birmingham Pub Bombings were the deadliest terrorist attack on mainland Britain in the 20th.

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Justice Politics Viewpoint

Farage lays down ECHR marker

It was democracy in a nutshell: Emotive, important, messy and entertaining. Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK and one of just five MPs.

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