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Do the government really want a highly numerate populace when their own numbers aren't especially strong?

No one knows more about touring than Bill Kenwright and his production of The Shawshank Redemption is a typically accomplished affair

This production of Lillian Hellman’s play once again makes the point that the Donmar Warehouse is a centre of theatrical excellence

But, he also knows that going back on it would result in Brexit true believers and Johnson opportunists making a move

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Britain and the EU are nearing an agreement in Northern Ireland. But will the hardliners let it happen?

New staff needed to cope with the government’s controversial retained EU law bill will cost Whitehall dearly in a financial crisis

In his most in-depth interview since his fall from grace, the former mayor says: 'I can look you in the eye and swear on the holy Bible. I’ve never done anything to hurt this city'

The Retained EU Law Bill puts the right to paid holiday and equal pay at risk. This week, MPs have their final chance to stop it

Support for leaving the European Union has dramatically fallen across the bloc, much to the shock of Brexiteers

While Keir Starmer seeks to be more Catholic than the Pope, the London Mayor is speaking out on the disaster of Brexit

Why Rees-Mogg’s bill to sunset EU laws is so inflammatory and what you can do about it

We have witnessed the rise of the clownocracy. But issues arise when ridicule replaces serious scrutiny

A new book tells the story of two of Britain’s most famous mystics

The NHS could now do with the financial boost as promised on side of the Brexit bus seven years ago

Keir Starmer is right if he thinks the localised control agenda is a powerful weapon for Labour. But, if he thinks it's easily delivered, he's wrong

Brexit was supposed to save the UK’s fishing industry. Instead, it has made its plight even worse

Despite British perfidy over the protocol, and the reneging of basic humanitarian values when it comes to migration, the French seem more bemused than belligerent

His tactics mix invisibility with stating the obvious. How long can Rishi Sunak survive?

This play seems to want to challenge stereotypes, but inadvertently and ridiculously reinforces them

Now even the cheerleading hacks who propped up this government are seeing the truth about Britain after Brexit

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One in three Conservative voters believe Brexit is more trouble than it’s worth. But will this waning support for Britain’s exit from the EU ever be acted upon?

Successive UK governments have long realised that it is cheaper to import doctors than to train our own, but it raises serious moral and ethical questions

Leader Richard Tice says his party can wipe out Rishi Sunak at the next election. But what would come next?

Keir Starmer's attempt to adopt the language of Vote Leave has divided commentators and Twitter alike

Just a tiny fraction of England’s farms have received payment under the government’s sustainable farming incentive

The Brexiteers dismissed fears over lorry queues at Dover. Now the government has called in a charity to deal with a disaster of its own making

The former Mail boss's appointment as the Independent's editor-in-chief is good news for journalism

There’s no doubt that she knew how to make clothes in every sense – but the idea that she represented a spirit of rebelliousness is frankly ridiculous