Andy Burnham doesn’t like to be rushed. Out and about, he likes to stop for a chat with members of the public. Advisers and ...

His government is making everything subordinate to the cost of living By Ailbhe Rea How green is Andy Burnham’s government really? As the Prime Minister headed to Cop31 in Turkey, he left behind ...

Let us hope that Russell Brand’s conviction marks a watershed for Britain By Rosamund Urwin On the day the Sunday Times published our investigation into Russell Brand in September 2023, I received a ...

It was a throwaway line, 18 careless words that Rachel Reeves surely could not have predicted would cause such chaos when she ...

The 2026 Goldsmiths Prize-shortlisted author on the dangers on conflating authors with their characters and the difficulty of interpretation ...

Can Labour MPs accept the revised plans? By Ailbhe Rea It was the biggest consultation any British government has ever conducted. With more than 200,000 responses, Shabana Mahmood’s plans to change ...

It didn’t seem to matter that these midterm elections could potentially see the President lose control of Congress for his final two years in office. What we were witnessing was a radical ...

Martin McDonagh swaps Ireland for Easter Island in a male-bonding caper about the stories we tell ourselves By David Sexton Martin McDonagh would kill for a joke. Just look at the body count in his ...

Snap polling shows this was Labour’s best received Budget since 2003 By Ben Walker The slogan for this Labour Budget was “breathing space now, fresh hope for the future”. Although it contained few ...

How five sisters’ brave battle over their brother’s slaying forced the IRA to lay down arms ...

An open letter to the government from leading authors, artists and public figures By New Statesman Sally Rooney is a writer, not a terrorist. Her books must be available to the public. Their ...

The most important thing for any captain is not to capsize the ship By Andrew Marr The most significant big-picture take on this year’s Budget came before it was delivered, from the New Statesman’s ...