Nigel Farage is facing his biggest challenge since he became an MP two years ago after a string of revelations about his ...

The unlikely alliance between a group of London gays and lesbians and a Welsh mining village is a riposte to anti-woke ...

Can James Purnell do a better job than Morgan McSweeney? His new chief of staff role tells us a lot about Andy Burnham’s intentions By Ethan Croft Andy Burnham is set to appoint James Purnell, a ...

Keir Starmer’s swan song has begun. Westminster lies in wait for his most likely successor – the MP for Makerfield – who was absent from the Commons once again this afternoon, during PMQs. In the ...

The Prime Minister made a statement outside No 10 this morning By Ethan Croft Keir Starmer will resign as leader of the Labour Party and prime minister, he has announced in a speech outside No 10.

It comes after the party lost its deposit in Makerfield By Megan Kenyon Tomorrow, the Green Party’s leader, Zack Polanski will unveil the party’s candidate for the Manchester mayoral by-election – ...

The fixation on who will be PM obscures the deeper forces shaping Britain’s finances – and the cost of addressing them By Dominic Caddick Judging by much of the coverage of the Makerfield by-election, ...

A year-long investigation into medical transition treatment at WellBN found “wholly inadequate” care By Hannah Barnes Children as young as 12 have been prescribed masculinising and feminising hormones ...

Is Miatta Fahnbulleh the brains behind Burnham? Fahnbullehism is a philosophy rooted in the co-operative movement By Nick Plumb A hell of a lot has been written about “Manchesterism”, so this piece ...

He arrived in politics unprepared for what a career in politics actually means By Andrew Marr A man knocks on the door of a house. He feels well prepared for the evening ahead. He’s wearing a dinner ...

Whose national character is it anyway? The zeitgeist is hard to diagnose – but it has a powerful historical force By Tom McTague I write this before England’s game against Croatia in the World Cup and ...

The richest man in history spends his days talking about racial grievances By Oli Dugmore Elon Musk is modern capitalism’s first trillionaire – although the situation is not entirely without precedent ...