In the winter of 2022, millions of people around the world were having fun with a new chatbot called ChatGPT. But as the public marvelled at the new technology, the ministers and civil servants of the ...

It has long been fashionable for politicians and commentators to worry about the “Americanisation” of British politics. Concerns of this nature date back more than a century, to debates about ...

At Reform Party Conference this month, the only subject journalists wanted to talk about was the donor scandal. The day before the conference began, Channel 4 broadcast a documentary in which ...

This is the Prime Minister’s first real attempt to redistribute power from Whitehall By Ethan Croft Mayors across England will soon have the power to raise a visitor levy, the government announced ...

The new Prime Minister has set himself a fierce challenge: remaking Britain’s economic order By Michael Jacobs When Andy Burnham stood on the steps of Downing Street on his first day as Prime Minister ...

Politics is lousy with bookworms. But are they reading the good stuff? By Bethany Elliott The reading habits of politicians, like their sexual proclivities, are largely hidden from public view until ...

Andy Burnham may not appreciate Keir Starmer’s parting gift By Jonn Elledge Four days after Andy Burnham won the Makerfield by-election, Keir Starmer resigned as prime minister. Four days after that, ...

This has become a country where men in balaclavas target lifeboat volunteers By Anoosh Chakelian When Mo, an English teacher from Iran, spent a year and a half staying at the Thistle City Barbican ...

Royal pupils at the school are not spared its torments By Emily Lawford In Exodus, Moses is tending to his flock when a bush bursts into flames and God’s voice calls out from within its leaves. At ...

Rachel Millward believes her party needs to prepare for power By Megan Kenyon In April 2019, hordes of Extinction Rebellion activists brought London to a standstill. At four points across the capital ...

Did the Green Party top up its deputy leader’s wages with public money? Leeds City Council will review the allocation of £5,800 to Mothin Ali By Megan Kenyon The Green Party has been accused of using ...

More than two million people will soon fill the streets of west London for the Notting Hill Carnival. Yet every year, the headlines are the same: policing costs, transport disruption, attendance and, ...