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Labour's promise to build 1.5 million homes can't be just a numbers game

We need to end the UK’s “blandemic” poorly designed housing. New towns must have high quality design at their core

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Face-mapping tech is latest weapon in war on shoplifters blighting retail industry

Twelve top firms were approached for a police pilot scheme and asked to provide images of their worst offenders - and within 60 seconds, it generates a match report for an officer

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ANDREW PIERCE: The voters' verdict on Sir Keir Starmer - 'Posh and out of touch'

ANDREW PIERCE: Focus groups of floating voters in Red Wall constituencies, conducted by think tank More In Common, reveal Sir Keir Starmer is seen as posh and out of touch because of his knighthood.

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How Labour could sabotage its big play for business

Workers and unions created the Labour Party. Yet Keir Starmer is keen to appeal to a very different constituency.

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The Big Lie – how right-wingers make stuff up to win elections

The devastation unfolding in Gaza this week has ignited the ugliest of political deceit, backed up by a lapdog right-wing press.

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