Labour Party

On the anniversary of Johnson’s landslide, the UK/EU thaw is beginning to bring results

A survey shows UK voters would accept free movement and want closer ties with Europe

To all the naysayers who doubt we can return to the EU, we have no choice. If Starmer really believes in Britain, it must be done

Most Labour supporters don’t realise how muscular their own tradition will have to become to survive what’s coming

The chancellor headed for Brussels with nothing to offer and asked what Britain could get in return

How can the PM connect with voters when he and his advisers keep spewing out meaningless word salad?

Imagine what Sir Keir Starmer might say if he were to come out in favour of reversing the damage done to Britain by Brexit...

Donald Trump will abandon us as soon as it suits him and pretending otherwise is nonsense

Why has No.10 been so swift to wield the axe now when the PM has known about her conviction for years?

Telling small groups of people that they will be taken seriously if only they shout loudly enough is damaging for democracy

While Keir Starmer continues to pretend that a worthwhile deal can be done without concessions or going back to the single market, this role is a non-starter

Across the world, a new coalition is growing – of exhausted people on all sides who are gunning for Scholz, Macron... and Starmer

In paying their tributes, many people are still underestimating the former deputy prime minister

Legalising cannabis seems an open goal for a government determined to raise cash for public services, ensure social justice and improve public health

A government colleague remembers a charming, clever pragmatist who had the odd eggy moment or two

The public saw his combative side, but those closest to him saw his heart

The right wing press love it, but this ‘scandal’ will join Angela Rayner’s flat and Keir Starmer’s lockdown beer in being quickly forgotten

Too centralised, too short term, too obsessed with Twitter, our political system is a dysfunctional mess. If we don’t fix it, we’ll all suffer

It’s not only what you spend but how you spend it that matters

Farmers are a short-term risk, but Labour’s biggest task is getting impatient Britain to buy into the power of long-term investment

The EU’s migrant return policy worked for years, and access to a fingerprint database is a very distant second-best

The Budget largely avoided tough choices as the new chancellor put pressure on Wes Streeting by throwing cash at the NHS

Rachel Reeves made a start on fixing the Conservatives’ years of waste - but it is nowhere near enough

The global north needs to be building friendships with as many of our former colonies as possible

Early release is a sticking plaster, not a solution. We need a wholly new approach to sentencing

This £200m policy would help children and be the first step to restarting Sure Start

They’ll talk about getting Britain closer to Europe, but will Keir Starmer listen?

Whatever Rachel Reeves announces will make her deeply unpopular. But that won’t necessarily mean she’s wrong

Johnson says that his new book on Harold Wilson isn’t meant as a message to the current PM. But it is

The PM has promised to put country before party. None of his Tory predecessors did, so why should he?

The Labour prime minister has said the way to kickstart the British economy is to cut red tape. What the hell is he thinking?

The PM is running out of time to change the narrative around his government’s shaky start