More than 5,000 council seats are up for grabs on Thursday. Just four years ago, the Labour Party secured commanding ...
We do not produce enough of what we want – or enough of what the rest of the world wants – to pay for the things we cannot ...
There’s not much discipline in my life, so I have to discipline myself instead.” I’m on a terraced street on the outskirts of ...
Rage aimed at the eminent international relations scholar reflects liberal frustration over the West’s limited power to prevent Russia’s war in Ukraine. By Adam Tooze “Why is Ukraine the West’s fault?
The Prime Minister’s claim in a Sunday Times interview last week that he would lead Labour into the next general election ...
The cover of Russell Brand’s How to Become a Christian in 7 Days features a swarm of flies, corralled into the shape of the ...
Zack Polanski’s party is hoping to build a new empire in north London By George Monaghan If it really does come to pass this May and afterwards that the Green Party breaks Labour’s century-long hold ...
The results of the May elections look set to be record-breaking By Ben Walker To understand the scale of Labour’s problem in 2026, you only need to look at 2025. Polling in the mid-20s, the party went ...
The Prime Minister wants to fight, but who believes he can win? By Ailbhe Rea Describing Keir Starmer’s state of mind to me in recent days, a No 10 insider draws a comparison with another Labour prime ...
The party’s low-key strategy is to be everyone’s second choice By Rachel Cunliffe The Labour Party has run Haringey council in north London for more than half a century. While geographically it’s ...
“I just show things as I see them,” said the photographer Martin Parr, who died of cancer aged 73 on 6 December. His topic was predominantly the British public and what he saw was a chip-eating, ...
Alona Ferber is the editor of the New Statesman's Spotlight policy section and supplement. She writes on policy and politics, including her specialist coverage of Israel, and conducts interviews with ...