Politics

Liz Truss vows to make rent payments count in mortgage assessments if she’s named prime minister
Tory Leadership Race

Liz Truss vows to make rent payments count in mortgage assessments if she’s named prime minister

Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak could learn from the Obama summer playlist
Paul McNamee

Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak could learn from the Obama summer playlist

Creative thinking flourishes everywhere except in government
John Bird

Creative thinking flourishes everywhere except in government

Maryland star Hayley Squires: ‘This is not a 30-minute-long accusation. We’re asking for men’s help’
Violence against women

Maryland star Hayley Squires: ‘This is not a 30-minute-long accusation. We’re asking for men’s help’

This caretaker government shouldn’t be sheltering from the storm
Paul McNamee

This caretaker government shouldn’t be sheltering from the storm

Cutting income tax would be an ‘incredibly inefficient’ way of dealing with the cost of living crisis
Cost of living crisis

Cutting income tax would be an ‘incredibly inefficient’ way of dealing with the cost of living crisis

Willa Fitzgerald on her Watergate thriller 18½: ‘We live in a very different political atmosphere’
Film

Willa Fitzgerald on her Watergate thriller 18½: ‘We live in a very different political atmosphere’

The government’s promise to ‘level up’ parts of the UK has ground to a halt, says Labour
Levelling up

The government’s promise to ‘level up’ parts of the UK has ground to a halt, says Labour

Austerity, Brexit, Covid and the cost of living crisis: The damage 12 years of Tory rule has done to the UK
Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead

Austerity, Brexit, Covid and the cost of living crisis: The damage 12 years of Tory rule has done to the UK

How the Tory leadership candidates score on climate change issues
Tory leadership race

How the Tory leadership candidates score on climate change issues

With Westminster is in turmoil, who is left to govern?
Paul McNamee

With Westminster is in turmoil, who is left to govern?

Michael Gove sacking is ‘another blow for the housing crisis’
Conservative Chaos

Michael Gove sacking is ‘another blow for the housing crisis’

What new chancellor Nadhim Zahawi can do to tackle the cost of living crisis
Cost of living crisis

What new chancellor Nadhim Zahawi can do to tackle the cost of living crisis

MPs are three times more likely to own a second home than the general public
Second homes

MPs are three times more likely to own a second home than the general public

Politics is beginning to look like a toxic sludge
John Bird

Politics is beginning to look like a toxic sludge

BetterPod: Darren McGarvey on how remote politics has wrecked Britain
inequality

BetterPod: Darren McGarvey on how remote politics has wrecked Britain

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‘I hope young activists will take heart’: Sir Nick Partridge on Aids: The Unheard Tapes
TV

‘I hope young activists will take heart’: Sir Nick Partridge on Aids: The Unheard Tapes

‘Sherwood is important. It forces people to remember that the political is personal’
TV

‘Sherwood is important. It forces people to remember that the political is personal’

At least £32bn of tax went unpaid last year amid cost of living crisis
Cost of living

At least £32bn of tax went unpaid last year amid cost of living crisis

Dame Margaret Beckett: ‘I hope I’ve helped the women who have come after me’
Letter to my Younger Self

Dame Margaret Beckett: ‘I hope I’ve helped the women who have come after me’