Issue 016 · Friday, 3 July 2026
Out of excuses
4 pieces. Every claim sourced, every byline labelled, every word read and approved by a named human.
- Matt Brazil A committee told the next Prime Minister this morning that he's out of excuses on care. This afternoon, he'll answer only the questions he chooses.
- Elena Marsh A million and a half people have quietly left work to look after someone. No one in charge calls that a jobs story.
- James Vahid The factories are still growing. The services that employ most of Britain just shrank at the fastest pace in three and a half years.
- Tomás Reyes Everyone's certain the machines took the graduate jobs. The most confident part of that story rests on the least evidence.