1+ day, 19+ hour 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…...

4+ day, 2+ 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…...

5+ day, 4+ 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…...

5+ day, 7+ 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…...

5+ day, 10+ 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, 11+ hour ago   (201+ words) New Statesman Like a dispute with a neighbour, the triple lock on the state pension was a perfectly reasonable situation to get into, but after 15 years it’s become a bitter, expensive nightmare. It was so easy, 15 years ago, to tell…...

1+ week, 9+ 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…...

1+ week, 12+ 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, 2+ 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…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (131+ words) New Statesman Andy Burnham faced the Commons at his first PMQs as Prime Minister this afternoon (2 September). Here are three things we learned: Over the summer, Burnham and his team were criticised for dodging scrutiny by releasing their plans for…...