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Carillion collapse should be a watershed moment

We need an approach that places the user at the fore of all decisions on who should provide a service, argues Margaret Hodge MP – and that starts we these four reforms The collapse of Carillion will impact on service users, workers and the taxpayer. The government...

Macron’s bargaining chip

Recognising that Brexit is just a complicating factor for Emmanual Macron is his grand ambitions for European reform is key to understanding this week's visit, argues Alan Lockey The Daily Mail is furious. It seems the devious – and worse, French! – president Emmanuel...

Drawing the line

Most Jeremy Corbyn supporters are not ideologues; the rest are liable to resort to turn on each other, writes Adrian McMenamin The time for holding illusions about where the Labour party is and where it is going are well and truly over. Even if you still thought that...

Equal work for equal pay

Men have a vital role to play in promoting gender pay equality, writes Ellie Groves  The revelation that John Humphrys has said something sexist is hardly ground-breaking news. However, in this case, it does highlight an interesting perspective in the discussion of...