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Want to grow the economy without boosting inflation? Start with stamp duty

The UK economy is in poor shape, and the Government is desperate for any measure that boosts the economy without driving inflation. Fortunately, there is one option available that is neither too
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How the immigration backlash weakens democracy

In Europe, we’ve seen the pattern again and again since 2015: Mass low-skilled immigration spurs a backlash The backlash strengthens nationalist parties, who then get 10, 20, 30 per cent of the seats

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Is this the most dangerous man in the world?

This is a piece from the CapX Archive, first published in 2017. Peter Navarro was appointed Senior Counselor for Trade and Manufacturing to President Trump in January 2025 Ever since his election
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As assisted dying shows, we trivialise Parliament at our peril

Assisted suicide is an issue which – rightly – arouses strong feelings on both sides. But setting aside the substance of the issue for a minute, the circus surrounding Kim Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill
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Labour are reforming Right to Buy in the wrong way

@SCP_Hughes 🏠If the state wants new social housing, the Treasury should stop plundering Right to Buy receipts Since the 1980s, council tenants in England have enjoyed the right to buy their homes.
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Does Starmer hate farmers?

🚜 Labour's new taxes could lead to the break-up of many otherwise economic family farms 🐮 Taxing with one hand and subsidising with the other has made a mess of British farming policy 🌱 The
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Meet the Elon Musk of 1909

💸Lloyd George's supertax led to the creation of the Anti-Waste League 🗞️A press baron and a populist campaigned against 'squandermania' ❓Who in the UK is making the case today for a war on waste?
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Let’s make a deal with Trump

In 2020, when she was then Secretary of State for International Trade, Liz Truss went to Washington D.C. to meet with President Donald Trump as part of the UK government’s negotiations for a Free

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Andy Mayer: Starmer is signing Britain up for decline

🌍The planet doesn’t have a thermostat, let alone one easily adjusted by national leaders 🤦‍♂️'Mission-led state direction' is the latest reinvention of the language of failure by top-down socialist
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Canada offers a cautionary tale on assisted dying

It was meant to be a last resort – an act of ‘compassion’ to ease the suffering of the terminally ill. Instead, ‘medical assistance in dying’ (MAID) in Canada has exploded. Even worse, it’s being
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Douglas Carswell: Why millions of Americans support Trump

🤔To understand Trump’s appeal, don’t think like a think tanker 🔨Trump, many of his supporters believe, is a necessary corrective to a broken system ‘How could they! How can millions of Americans
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Ross Clark: Labour are making us reliant on foreign fossil fuels

☠️The Budget has killed investment in North Sea oil and gas 📉 The Government has embarked on a policy of progressive, destructive taxation of business Like a drunken thug kicking his victims when
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