Politics

Austerity is more expensive than investment in public services. It's basic maths
Chaminda Jayanetti

Austerity is more expensive than investment in public services. It's basic maths

For decades, successive governments have unveiled wave after wave of 'crackdowns' on benefit claimants. Whatever the aim of it all was, if it hasn’t been achieved by now it never will
Museum sparks debate after listing Margaret Thatcher as a 'villain' alongside Hitler and Bin Laden
Politics

Museum sparks debate after listing Margaret Thatcher as a 'villain' alongside Hitler and Bin Laden

'Women have to step up': Gina Miller on Brexit, misogyny and Britain's 'broken' politics
Politics

'Women have to step up': Gina Miller on Brexit, misogyny and Britain's 'broken' politics

George Galloway: Rochdale MP's win has opened the door for every anti-establishment chancer
Adam Barnett

George Galloway: Rochdale MP's win has opened the door for every anti-establishment chancer

Jeremy Hunt, here's all the ways your Spring Budget can start to fix our broken country
Politics

Jeremy Hunt, here's all the ways your Spring Budget can start to fix our broken country

Angry about raw sewage being dumped into rivers and the sea? Sign this petition with actual s**t
sewage
Sewage pollution

Angry about raw sewage being dumped into rivers and the sea? Sign this petition with actual s**t

Why Starmer's £28bn green pledge U-turn is bad news for the climate, economy and his path to power
Politics

Why Starmer's £28bn green pledge U-turn is bad news for the climate, economy and his path to power

Holly Valance says everyone is a 'leftie' until we realise ideas are 'crap'. Here's why she's wrong
Politics

Holly Valance says everyone is a 'leftie' until we realise ideas are 'crap'. Here's why she's wrong

Household support fund's end would be 'devastating', charities say: 'We're planning for the worst'
jeremy hunt
Department for Work and Pensions

Household support fund's end would be 'devastating', charities say: 'We're planning for the worst'

Scandal after scandal plunges UK to lowest-ever position in corruption index: 'The wrong direction'
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak walks with Police Officers through Chelmsford high street to highlight government policy on Anti Social Behaviour looking toward 2 police officers in the foreground
Politics

Scandal after scandal plunges UK to lowest-ever position in corruption index: 'The wrong direction'

Letters: The UK was known for championing human rights – until Rishi Sunak's government
Letters

Letters: The UK was known for championing human rights – until Rishi Sunak's government

Millions in UK need to double their income to escape poverty – but change is possible. Here's how
starmer and sunak
Paul Kissack

Millions in UK need to double their income to escape poverty – but change is possible. Here's how

UK has become the sick man of Europe since 2010. Politicians must get a grip on the economy
economy/ jeremy hunt
Paul Swinney

UK has become the sick man of Europe since 2010. Politicians must get a grip on the economy

Ralph Nader on shaping history, broken American politics and the enduring appeal of Donald Trump
Ralph Nader. Illustration
Politics

Ralph Nader on shaping history, broken American politics and the enduring appeal of Donald Trump

What Keir Starmer can learn from Britain's first Labour government – 100 years ago
Labour government, 1924
Politics

What Keir Starmer can learn from Britain's first Labour government – 100 years ago

The Monster Raving Loony Party are making more sense than their rivals. No, seriously
Paul McNamee

The Monster Raving Loony Party are making more sense than their rivals. No, seriously

From Boris to Starmer: The man behind Jonathan Pie takes on 2023's wildest political moments
Jonathan Pie
Politics

From Boris to Starmer: The man behind Jonathan Pie takes on 2023's wildest political moments

When will this stuttering 21st century finally get going?
Three big issue vendors smiling holding magazines
Paul McNamee

When will this stuttering 21st century finally get going?

UK government spent millions defending its Rwanda plan. Here's how that money could be better spent
Rishi Sunak and James Cleverly have been trying to get the Rwanda scheme off the ground
A modest proposal

UK government spent millions defending its Rwanda plan. Here's how that money could be better spent

Humza Yousaf on working with Labour, multiculturalism's success and calling for a Gaza ceasefire
Humza Yousaf
Politics

Humza Yousaf on working with Labour, multiculturalism's success and calling for a Gaza ceasefire

Lame Tories have failed us. Labour must plan to do better
Harold Macmillan at the 1957 Conservative Conference
John Bird

Lame Tories have failed us. Labour must plan to do better

Bad leadership is the greatest tragedy of human life. It's time to give the people a shot
A 19th century engraving of the entry of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte’s Grande Armée into Moscow in 1812
John Bird

Bad leadership is the greatest tragedy of human life. It's time to give the people a shot

Harold Wilson's mistress-cum-secretary Marcia Williams was more trailblazer than troublemaker 
Illustration of Marcia Williams
Politics

Harold Wilson's mistress-cum-secretary Marcia Williams was more trailblazer than troublemaker 

Revolving door of housing ministers is making housing crisis worse – this has to change
Muyiwa Oki

Revolving door of housing ministers is making housing crisis worse – this has to change

Was that a cabinet reshuffle or just Rishi Sunak shuffling deckchairs?
David Cameron at Downing Street
Paul McNamee

Was that a cabinet reshuffle or just Rishi Sunak shuffling deckchairs?