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Poverty

Martha Gill

British seaside towns are sinking

Sandy boiled eggs, sideways wind, lettered rock… nostalgic stuff for so many of us. Our deprived coastal towns are now places of faded glory but Brighton proves they can be saved

Wed 11 Mar 2026

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At the burial ground for the migrants who never made it to the Canaries
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Britain’s deprived areas need attention for their own sake, not merely to beat Reform

Sun 1 Feb 2026

Britain’s deprived areas need attention for their own sake, not merely to beat Reform
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A cold childhood casts a long shadow

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A cold childhood casts a long shadow
Tim Leunig
If growth is the aim, the UK must lift more children out of poverty

Sun 21 Sept 2025

If growth is the aim, the UK must lift more children out of poverty

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