Sam Ashworth-Hayes

Europeans should put their faith squarely in companies that are at least aligned with the broader West

A mix of public and private healthcare providers would be a tonic for Britain

The law-abiding majority now feel they are being punished to help shield the state from its own failures

The migration-debt trade should be dropped before it finally blows up

Having won the Cold War, the forces of freedom lost the peace

Frantic police raids over social media posts hardly speak of a country at ease with itself and its politics

Rising spending obligations and restricted funding put local authorities in an impossible bind

Social housing for TfL staff is not an unreasonable request in Britain’s shambolic housing system

Less than 2pc of claims are evaluated in person, compared with 80pc before the pandemic

A well-intentioned scheme for the genuinely needy has grown to gargantuan proportions

Francisca Boateng wins immigration appeal as union with German man ruled long enough to allow her to stay in UK

The US and China are putting speed over safety when it comes to developing new technology

Growth plans must be in short supply if it has come to asking an ‘alliance of naysayers’ for advice

A wave of low-skilled migration is about to become eligible for indefinite leave to remain – and crush the public finances

Large corporations play an outsized role in driving the economy

Chancellor’s latest tax raid is another burden on fraction of population which is economically productive

Statistical errors are leaving policymakers in the dark

The point of inclusive policies was not to do the right thing but to be profitable

The world is being remade in Silicon Valley’s image while the EU watches from the sidelines

Mistakes in the census have given Democratic states too many Electoral College votes