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Matthew Sinclair, formerly of the Taxpayers’ Alliance, also recommended means testing bus passes for the elderly and disabled

Think tanks have been growing in reach and stature in recent years, and influencing government policies - with disastrous results, writes James Millar.

Liz Truss’s chief economic adviser, Matthew Sinclair, is a vociferous opponent of the UK’s most substantial wealth tax.

55 Tufton Street has hosted organisations that have had a big political impact over the last decade.

55 Tufton Street has hosted organisations that have had a big political impact over the last decade.

Colleagues ask if the new PM and chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s experiment is ‘a stroke of genius – or will blow up the economy’

The prime minister is in hock to rightwing lobbyists who are themselves indebted<strong> </strong>to oligarchs and corporations, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Britain's new prime minister, Liz Truss, is appointing Cabinet officials who reject basic climate science and criticize renewable energy.

From a Lynton Crosby acolyte to the man who ran the TaxPayers’ Alliance, Liz Truss has surrounded herself with zealots – and they could do a lot of damage, writes Zoe Williams

With official mourning over, the new prime minister will start to lay out her wilfully unpopular policies, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee