Politics

Britain has become a crumbling land of perpetual slums with a moribund prime minister with no plan

Boris Johnson’s deal made no provision for exports from the UK overseas territories

Europe may have pivoted away from Russia's pipeline gas, but it will remain exposed until it reduces its gas demand

New refugees have just 28 days to access the essential services they need to rebuild their lives in the UK. In the ‘destitution gap’, many will become homeless

Housing associations can no longer afford to build, and that means misery for the lower-paid

The Northern Irish rockers on Brexit, Britpop and their blistering new album

By focusing on the disruption caused by Just Stop Oil, politicians avoid having to talk about the substance of their argument

Our credibility is gone at a time when tough talking to Xi should be our strategy

The smell of pollution is growing around a rotten regime

Trans women have been banned from world chess events while a review is underway. Recognising that chess is a game not a sport could bring clarity to the situation

Oliver Anthony’s Rich Men North of Richmond highlights issues found at the very heart of the nation

Vivek Ramaswamy’s moment in the sun signifies that Trump is only the beginning

Italy’s prime minister has a new look, but have her politics changed?

It’s cheaper to buy beer than bottled water in Czechia but is this about to change?

Slowly but surely, old Europe is giving way to the new

The 1923 Treaty of Lausanne crushed hopes of a homeland for Turkey’s Armenian and Kurdish minorities. Today, hostilities remain

This year’s Festival d’Avignon – a celebration of song, music and dance – kicked off with a rebellion against Brexit

Brexit isn’t working – in fact, it’s causing long-term damage. Everyone knows it. How long can the opposition parties keep quiet?

Fresh from a spat with Nadine Dorries, the chair of the Commons Committee on Standards says Westminster is on trial... but radical change isn’t quite his cup of tea

Our pubs and restaurants can’t find enough employees, and the government is doing nothing about it

Populist ex-PM Robert Fico is whipping up discontent with mainstream politics and talking of rigged elections. Remind you of anyone?

While the rest of Europe has an efficient rail service, the UK is only playing at it

The world, including myself, missed tell-tale signs that Putin was the murder machine and enemy of liberal democracies he’s proved to be

Some on the left will roll their eyes, but redefining patriotism is something Keir Starmer should do. I want to be proud of a forward-looking, multicultural country

As Rishi Sunak’s recent breach of the ministerial code seems to have gone unnoticed, I speculate on what the “prime miniature” may forget to declare next...

Germany’s somewhat comical migration issue has captured the attention of Europe’s media

Levels of net migration in the UK remain broadly similar to other high-income countries, a report by Oxford University's Migration Observatory has found

The latest scandals and gossip from Westminster and Fleet Street

These vulnerable people, initially welcomed warmly by the UK, deserve better

Don't discredit the importance of an EU document mentioning the ‘Islas Malvinas/Falkland Islands’

Russia’s recent failed attempt to land a space probe on the dark side of the moon should be a wake-up call for the west