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Aditya Chakrabortty

A senior economics commentator reporting on wealth, inequality, and local communities.

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Starmer’s goodbye gift to Britain: a US pharma deal that could be more lethal than Covid | Aditya Chakrabortty
This shadowy treaty on medicine imports will cost the NHS billions and take funding away from doctors, nurses, cancer scans and the restFor all the crowd noise and heavy-breathing match analysis, B...
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It’s not the bond markets Andy Burnham should be afraid of. It’s his own MPs | Aditya Chakrabortty
To stay popular with the public – and his backbenchers – he’ll need to make big changes fast. That means changing the way the government borrowsA Labour leader arrives, shirt and smile ironed into ...
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‘I feel entirely vindicated’: three Guardian columnists debate Brexit and its legacy | Aditya Chakrabortty, Polly Toynbee and Simon Jenkins
Ten years on, our writers met to reflect on whether leaving the EU has made the UK richer or more racist – and how the union is doing without usRead more from the Brexit Vote: 10 Years On seriesAdi...
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Ten years on, we’re living with the ghosts of Brexit. Reform and Restore know that – the rest are playing catch-up | Aditya Chakrabortty
Starmer’s EU reset is aimed at the conference room. Meanwhile Farage and the hard right mine ethnic resentment on the streetsWhat story does Britain tell itself about Brexit, 10 years after the vot...
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Zombie Blairites still have British politics in their grip – it’s time to break free | Aditya Chakrabortty
Tony Blair’s departure as PM should have prompted a fresh start for Labour. But Starmer’s sad, backward-looking government remains in his thrall Now half term is over, let’s have a quick quiz. Read...
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As Westminster rages, and Labour sinks into civil war: what about the people? | Aditya Chakrabortty
Voters are desperate for a turnaround in living standards. The runners and riders for the Labour leadership must address this“Westminster is a cocoon. Lots of people in lovely jobs, so it becomes e...
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As Labour heads for a wipeout, a lesson: never fall for the 'adults in the room’ line again | Aditya Chakrabortty
Presenting himself as a serious, sensible ‘grownup’ was essential to Starmer’s rise to power. His premiership has revealed how hollow that message isSome big questions will be asked this weekend – ...
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Labour is facing wipeout in its final stronghold. Why? It’s housing, housing, housing | Aditya Chakrabortty
In the 1980s, Labour-controlled London built 52,000 council homes. During the Tony Blair decade, just 280. It’s brought this local-election catastrophe on itselfOver the week to come, journalists w...
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