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Katie Stallard on the age of America First • Hannah Barnes on the BBC’s acts of self-sabotage Andrew Marr: Keir Starmer’s collision course • Kate Mossman on Lady Gaga’s second coming New Times New Thinking | 14-20 March 2025 | £5.95 | newstatesman.com How the benefits system became a danger to the economy and a battleground for Labour. By Will Dunn 11 9 771364 743216

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Katie Stallard on the age of America First • Hannah Barnes on the BBC’s acts of self-sabotage Andrew Marr: Keir Starmer’s collision course • Kate Mossman on Lady Gaga’s second coming

New Times New Thinking | 14-20 March 2025 | £5.95 | newstatesman.com

How the benefits system became a danger to the economy and a battleground for Labour. By Will Dunn

9 771364 743216

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