New polling exposes weaknesses in “brand Farage”. Nigel Farage and Reform UK are a real threat to Labour and the Conservatives alike. We’ve heard a lot about the strengths of the challenger party – ...

The London mayor on Labour’s “catastrophic” results in the capital, and the Chancellor’s “doom and gloom” putting off ...

All parties when they govern are effectively a coalition”, said David Lammy on Thursday night, when the deputy PM was in the ...

Andrew Marr is editor at large of the New Statesman. He is a former political editor of BBC News, and hosts Tonight with Andrew Marr on LBC radio. Whether it’s Wes or Andy, the party must believe it ...

The UK is deploying facial recognition and AI tools at scale. The law is playing catch up By Rhi Storer In April, the Home Office announced £115m of new funding to create the “Police.AI” centre. Its ...

New polling casts doubts on Labour plans to win over Nigel Farage’s voters By Bartholomew Roberts When Lucy Powell was elected Deputy Leader of the Labour Party in October 2025 she said: “We won’t win ...

Follow our interactive map as we update it throughout with the latest results By Ben Walker Use the toggle at the bottom-left of the map to switch between views of the previous winners and the 2026 ...

Two-thirds fear billionaire’s personal payment buys “inappropriate” political influence By Anoosh Chakelian More than two-thirds of the British public (68 per cent) are concerned that the £5m Nigel ...

Scarlett Maguire is the founder and director of Merlin Strategy Britain’s young women are sad, alienated and increasingly left-wing Zack Polanski’s increasing popularity has huge implications for the ...

Long-form interviews with names you’ve heard of – and names you’ll be glad you have. Anthony Seldon, historian, educator and one of Britain’s leading political biographers, has been for a long walk.

Young women – today and always – are less susceptible to delusions of grandeur At Britain’s premier defence conference, death is in demand Also: an epitaph for our times, and a novel way to read the ...

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 cross. It is a curious choice, given that in the Bibl ...