Sorry, but trains can’t really replace welfare lines
George Osborne proposed an attractive idea this week: that spending on state benefits should be diverted into new infrastructure in…
Portrait of the week
Home The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge joined 50 heads of state at the St Symphorien cemetery near Mons to…
Spectator letters: A defence of nursing assistants, a mystery shotgun, and a response to Melanie Phillips
Poor treatment Sir: Jane Kelly’s article (‘No tea or sympathy’, 2 August) on the lack of empathy and emotional support…
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Stricter benefits limits shouldn't stop with immigrants
With Ukip snapping at the Conservatives’ heels, it is not difficult to see why David Cameron has hit upon the…
Portrait of the week
Home Britain is to halve to three months the time that EU migrants without realistic job prospects can claim benefits,…
Hold on to your umbrella, Mr Putin: what the Russians lose without British trade
Off the shelf How do we boycott Putin? Some things we traded with Russia, by value, between March and May…
