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Britain’s Labour Party embraces supply-side social democracy
Sir Keir Starmer’s agenda for government starts with reforms to planning
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At its gathering in Manchester this month, the Conservative Party put on a repertory-theatre production of Margaret Thatcher’s most popular works. Liz Truss called for corporation-tax cuts. James Cleverly, the foreign secretary, announced he would visit the Falkland Islands.
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This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Supply-side social democracy”
Britain October 14th 2023
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