21+ hour, 13+ min ago   (196+ words) Andy Burnham’s growing pains New Statesman When Andy Burnham stood on the steps of Downing Street on his first day as Prime Minister, he pledged to build “a new economic model” for the UK. But if John Healey’s first speech…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (74+ words) Holborn and St Pancras is Labour’s to lose New Statesman The party’s candidate Sagal Abdi-Wali is viewed as being close to Starmer This by-election was triggered after Keir Starmer resigned the seat on 1 September, parliament’s first day back after the…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (188+ words) newstatesman.com Mayors have a track record of leadership at times of national crisis. Richard Cobden in 1840s Manchester, Joseph Chamberlain in late 19th-century Birmingham and Fiorello La Guardia, who ran New York from 1934 to 1945, focused on local problems but developed…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (138+ words) New Statesman Today’s Prime Minister’s Questions (9 September) was only Andy Burnham’s second in the job, and was the final session before MPs head off on conference recess next Tuesday (15 September). Here’s what we learned. Kemi Badenoch continued on a theme…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (244+ words) New Statesman Those planning the 2026 Reform conference said their aim was to “put on a show”. It worked. Before the diplomatic accord with the French hard right, a tax-cut pledge costing £20bn a year and viral videos of female hecklers getting beaten…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (164+ words) New Statesman It was at one of Westminster’s summer parties, in a room high up, overlooking the Thames, with warm white wine swirling, that Ed Miliband made his first extended public remarks as the UK’s new Foreign Secretary. It was…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (108+ words) New Statesman Zack Polanski is being challenged for selection as the Green Party candidate in Holborn and St Pancras. Hamza Chowdhury, a councillor for Holborn and Covent Garden, announced this morning that he will put himself forward for selection as…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago   (100+ words) How Burnham’s Britain can gain the edge in life sciences New Statesman Our country has historically been at the forefront of innovation. We need to bw flexible to fend off competition By Preet Kaur Gill During my time as minister…...

6+ day, 14+ hour ago   (139+ words) New Statesman Four days after Andy Burnham won the Makerfield by-election, Keir Starmer resigned as prime minister. Four days after that, his office posted a job ad for a caseworker, with a closing date of 12 July. The successful candidate was…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (157+ words) New Statesman In April 2019, hordes of Extinction Rebellion activists brought London to a standstill. At four points across the capital – Marble Arch, Oxford Circus, Waterloo Bridge and Parliament Square – thousands of people, worried about rising global temperatures, gathered to peacefully…...