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 ...

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Finn McRedmond is a staff writer at the New Statesman. finn.mcredmond@newstatesman.co.uk Brits just can’t stop frying the hell out of chickens What does muntjac taste like? The restaurateur keeps ...

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 ...

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 – ...

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 ...

Andy Burnham will need to do more than follow the rules if he wants to lead Britain By Phil Tinline In his acceptance speech in the early hours of Friday, a victorious Andy Burnham sought to convince ...

If Burnham becomes prime minister, he will have to reconcile his promise to voters with the expectations of investors By Will Dunn As far as the bond market is concerned, Andy Burnham chose a good day ...