Introducing Blighty, our new Britain newsletter

Want to understand how Britain can pull itself out of political and economic turmoil? Sign up to our new subscriber-only newsletter, Blighty. With exclusive commentary and original data journalism, it analyses the challenges facing the country—and what needs to be done to overcome them.

Britain is in chaos. Rishi Sunak is the country’s third prime minister in two months. His predecessor, Liz Truss, maintained her grip on power for roughly seven days; the shelf-life of a lettuce. Since July, the country has been served by four chancellors, three home secretaries and two monarchs. And its problems run deeper than internecine politics. Britain is blighted by a 15-year economic rut. The country is still attempting to define its place in the world after the paroxysms of Brexit. Public services, from the National Health Service to urban transport, badly need a revamp. Meanwhile voters are suffering the consequences of a dire economic backdrop: spiralling bills, insecure jobs, cold homes, hungry children.

Delivered on a Tuesday lunchtime, the Blighty newsletter asks what can be done to ignite an economy that has forgotten how to grow and to mend a political system that has forgotten how to govern. It features exclusive commentary, the editor’s selection of our best Britain coverage and original data journalism that casts fresh light on the state of Britain today.

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