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Surging energy bills, higher borrowing costs and rising inflation have left the PM and his chancellor in a fiscal bind As Labour heads to Liverpool this week, Andy Burnham has promised to deliver “stability” in the…
I understand the pressure on the public purse, but I have also seen the effect of our spending on the ground. Our choices can do so much good David Harewood is a Unicef UK ambassador As Labour party conference…
Even Jacob Rees-Mogg pushes back on defining Englishness in exclusively ethnic terms. But the endurance of this discourse is still deeply troubling Can you be English and non-white? It’s a question that keeps stubbornly…
About 1.5 million people have watched footage of foreign secretary that capitalises on social media’s love of a cringe moment It sparked delight among the diehard Milifans and a begrudging smile from those less keen on…
Focusing on the right to drink at your seat is an odd place to start when discrimination in the game runs much deeper Andy Burnham is right that football fans have historically been treated differently from other sports…
Ed Davey’s party are the obvious candidates to push for the deeper local democracy the public is crying out for September is the cruellest month for political commentators because it is when something has to be said…
Alan Milburn is preparing to implement his report to bring young people back into work. Let’s hope the government will see it through As certainly as the moon pulls on the tides, Labour governments improve the lives of…
Nationalisation is not the ultimate answer for companies like Thames Water – but they could be run for the public benefit Will Hutton is a journalist and political economist. Andy Haldane is a former chief economist of…
Guardian columnist Marina Hyde on the release of her new book What a Time to be Alive! “I think increasingly the way to survive the news is to say things like: ‘I find it fascinating from a human behaviour point of…
Hundreds of thousands are expected to die, millions to go hungry. This is not just about weather patterns, but about injustice Some warnings are so grave that it is almost impossible to fully comprehend them. The…
Ministers’ commitment to cutting youth unemployment is admirable, but how new qualifications will help is unclear The first question that should be asked about plans to launch a batch of vocational GCSEs is: how will…
Pippa Crerar had a front row seat for the PM’s first meeting with Donald Trump. What really happened during that 12-minute press conference? And as the Labour conference kicks off this weekend, she and Kiran Stacey…
When a former Labour deputy leader joins a firm built on surveillance and military targeting, it deepens public cynicism – and democracy depends on trust Whatever is said about Tom Watson, the former deputy leader of…
Analysis reveals five distinct groups with sharply contrasting priorities – and who has drifted the most from Labour towards Greens and Reform A new MRP poll suggests Labour would remain the largest party if a general…
Polling suggests Andy Burnham is attracting progressives back to Labour, motivated by desire to stop Nigel Farage Progressive voters could push Reform UK into fourth place and put Labour within touching distance of a…
The new prime minister has declared he wants to end 40 years of neoliberalism. But is he really prepared to be that radical? In May 2025, when Keir Starmer was still prime minister, Labour politicians, campaigners and…
Wes Streeting says he leads a ‘ministry for growth’ as Labour seeks to show more defence spending will create UK jobs Defence contractors have promised to create 40,000 apprenticeships, work experience placements and…
The UK prime minister will meet the US president for the first time in New York on Tuesday. With Trump at his weakest in the polls, could this be a perfect moment for Burnham to charm the president and avoid a very…
Author Russell Warfield argues the Green leader’s brand of politics is not new but has evolved in the party over time Watermelons: the term used to describe the members of the Green party of England and Wales who are…
Young men punched in the street, mosques attacked: Britain badly needs an anti-racist uprising. Let 70s Asian youth movements provide the inspiration There it was: a pool of blood spreading across the pavement. A…