‘Tough talk, cruel policy — and it still won’t stop the boats’
Scrolling social media is no way to truly judge how a government announcement has gone down. But amid…
UK politics
Budget: Almost all Labour members back levies on gambling and banking sector
Labour members would almost unanimously back increased taxes on the gambling and banking sector in the Budget, along…
‘As the G20 falters, Britain can lead: Starmer’s global role comes at the right time’
The Prime Minister has just returned from the G20 Summit in South Africa, his 20th foreign trip this year.…
‘No more waiting lists to repair our NHS’
Lord Hutton of Furness is a former Health Minister and Chair of the Association of Infrastructure Investors in…
‘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…
‘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…
