Andy Burnham has promised to “change politics” with a new political and economic model for Britain. In his first Downing ...

The murder of Ann Widdecombe has one lesson: both left and right need to detoxify our public discourse ...

With Marine Le Pen now free to run in next year’s election, France is entering uncharted political territory By Julian ...

The translator of Homer’s classic poem, now adapted for the big screen, explains the text’s enduring power By Tanjil Rashid Daniel Mendelsohn is a literary polymath; he writes memoirs, monographs, ...

Culture change will require some “heads on spikes”, as one insider puts it By Ailbhe Rea Tony Blair had some advice for his younger self this week, speaking at his eponymous institute’s glitzy summer ...

A murder investigation has been launched after the ex-Tory MP was found dead at home By Ethan Croft The veteran politician ...

Can we move past our decade of failure? By Tom McTague In his later life, travelling on the train home one day, the former Conservative Party leader Alec Douglas-Home was approached by an elderly lady ...

Zack Polanski’s party will take aim at her immigration reforms should she be appointed chancellor By Megan Kenyon The Green Party plans to accuse Shabana Mahmood of “fiscal constraint and economic ...

The economist on wealth inequality, Dan Neidle and the next prime minister By Oli Dugmore Gary Stevenson entered the world of finance as a 21-year old interest-rate trader at Citibank in 2008. Since ...

The appointee, Graeme Cooke, is seen as an intellectual ally of James Purnell By Ailbhe Rea Andy Burnham has appointed Graeme Cooke, a close ally of his chief of staff James Purnell, as director of ...

“Build, baby, build”, yes – but Andy Burnham’s “place first” politics will need more thought than that By Anoosh Chakelian There is no shade in Northstowe. My trip to Britain’s biggest new town since ...