What does Britain’s £20bn ‘black hole’ mean for you and your money? Experts explain![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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What does Britain’s £20bn ‘black hole’ mean for you and your money? Experts explain
Still no opening date set for UK’s first drug consumption room![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Still no opening date set for UK’s first drug consumption room
Campaigners welcome closure of Bibby Stockholm asylum barge – but Labour faces calls to go further![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Campaigners welcome closure of Bibby Stockholm asylum barge – but Labour faces calls to go further
Tories planned to spend £10bn on Rwanda scheme. From HS2 to benefits, here’s how it could be better spent![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Tories planned to spend £10bn on Rwanda scheme. From HS2 to benefits, here’s how it could be better spent
Hefty jail terms for Just Stop Oil activists ‘set a terrible example for the rest of the world’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Hefty jail terms for Just Stop Oil activists ‘set a terrible example for the rest of the world’
Premier League clubs step up gambling sponsorship on front of shirts ahead of ban: ‘It’s shameful’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Premier League clubs step up gambling sponsorship on front of shirts ahead of ban: ‘It’s shameful’
Marginalised, sceptical and locked out of housing: Why young people didn’t vote in the general election![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Marginalised, sceptical and locked out of housing: Why young people didn’t vote in the general election
What is the National Wealth Fund? Inside Labour’s less sexy, technocratic replacement for the £28bn![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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What is the National Wealth Fund? Inside Labour’s less sexy, technocratic replacement for the £28bn
‘Pull your finger out’: Can Keir Starmer really deliver change for those crying out for it?![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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‘Pull your finger out’: Can Keir Starmer really deliver change for those crying out for it?
How Starmer’s new prisons minister James Timpson wants to change the way we lock people up![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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How Starmer’s new prisons minister James Timpson wants to change the way we lock people up
Keir Starmer’s ‘golden opportunity’ on immigration – but doubts remain for new prime minister![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Keir Starmer’s ‘golden opportunity’ on immigration – but doubts remain for new prime minister
The Tories have seen their worst defeat in modern history. This is their legacy of failure![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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