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‘There is something special about marriage,’ said David Cameron on one of the occasions he announced one of his 'nudges' – the marriage tax allowance. Gordon Brown had axed the tax break, then called the married man's allowance, back in 1999 in favour of a new system...

Twenty-one years ago yesterday I became leader of the Labour party. A lot has happened since then. We discovered winning successively. And now we have rediscovered losing successively. Personally I prefer winning. I could make a speech to you about how to win. You win...

The Labour party leadership contest is a hot mess. What began as a promising debate about the future has now become a political middle that Labour has always been prone to in its century-long history. As the Tories capitalise on their famous victory with ‘tanks on...

Age now trumps class at the ballot box People of a certain generation may well remember The Simpsons episode when, following a bout of intergenerational warfare between the children of Springfield and their parents, a referendum is held on a curfew for young people....