‘Taxing private jets can help the rest of us soar’
Amid all the speculation about the contents of the red box on 26 November, it’s worth restating: Rachel…
Labour Government
‘Low growth, low productivity, low ambition: the budget needs to tackle the real problem’
The economic backdrop to this week’s Budget is troubled, to put it mildly. Inflation remains persistently high while…
Letters to the Editor – week ending 23rd November 2025
Read what people have been writing to our editor about this week. Find out how to share your…
‘The socialism of freedom’
It’s not often that a speech at a regional party conference has an afterlife of any sort, much…
Starmer would lose leadership contest to Streeting, Rayner, Burnham and Miliband
Andy Burnham, Ed Miliband, Angela Rayner and Wes Streeting would all win a head-to-head leadership contest against Keir…
‘Sixteen days, ten years, one promise: Labour must stick to its mission to halve violence against women and girls’
Exactly three years ago, I sat across a table from Keir Starmer MP, then the Leader of the…
Cabinet rankings: Mahmood sees sharp drop in approval among Labour members
Shabana Mahmood’s approval among Labour members has plummeted since her announcement on reform of asylum policy, exclusive polling…
‘Time for MPs to stop being ‘Super Councillors’ and start being legislators again’
MPs have increasingly become ‘super councillors’ as opposed to legislators. In practice this means MPs are expected to…
Budget 2025: What do MPs, trade unions and think tanks want from Reeves?
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is set to deliver her second Budget next week, with the mood music surrounding the…
‘Big Tech sexism must end’
The technology, the method, may be new, but the issue, sadly, is not. Women’s health has always been…
