Britain
Food for thought
Despite Brexit and the government, British manufacturing is doing well
But food and drug firms have fared better than carmakers
Bagehot
How rationing became the fashion under the Tories
When queues, cajoling and ministerial diktat trump need
Sickness service to health service
The world’s largest health-research study is under way in Britain
It is aimed at saving Britons—and the NHS
Joining up the bots
Britain’s NHS is trying once again to collate patients’ data
The project is imperfect and controversial, but the technology is needed
Off the boiler
How will Britain turn off its gas grid?
Gas has been piped to British homes for 50 years. Switching it off will be a headache
Gender and politics
Why British politicians are defending women-only spaces
Labour and the Conservatives end up agreeing on a contentious issue
Metrospective
Why a British challenger bank got into trouble
And what Metro Bank’s narrow escape means for competition
There is an alternative
Britain’s Labour Party embraces supply-side social democracy
Sir Keir Starmer’s agenda for government starts with reforms to planning
Labouring a point
Even when he glitters, Sir Keir Starmer still struggles to shine
Whether that will matter to British voters remains to be seen