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Labour are U-turning it up
Winter fuel cuts? Two child benefit gap? Rachel Reeves' fiscal rules? Angela Rayner?
The team discuss what will stay and what will have to go for Labo…
1 year, 2 months ago
As Gaza faces famine, where does the US stand on Israel?
Last week, the Israeli military launched a major new ground assault on Gaza. The aim, according to Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is to …
1 year, 2 months ago
Gordon Brown on the “cruel” two-child benefit cap
The former Labour prime minister speaks to the New Statesman Podcast about how the government can reduce levels of child poverty.
Read: Gordon Brown: …
1 year, 2 months ago
Brentrance
Starmer has sealed the deal with the EU, U-turned on winter fuel, and made a marked departure on the UK's stance on Israel. This has been a big week …
1 year, 2 months ago
This house believes private schools should be abolished
Seven per cent of British children attend private school – a tiny minority – and yet they retain a grip on our elite institutions. The latest figures…
1 year, 2 months ago
Alice Vincent: rediscovering music after trauma
In our teenage years, music can be everything.
But as we age, our relationship with music changes.
Alice Vincent was a music journalist for many years…
1 year, 2 months ago
Should we abolish the Treasury?
“Having moved on from Blue Labour, which other policies will Turquoise Labour adopt from the far right?"; “Given that they are a break on everything,…
1 year, 2 months ago
Starmer moves right on immigration
This week saw potentially the boldest moment of Keir Starmer’s leadership, as the Government announced its white paper - Restoring Control over the I…
1 year, 2 months ago
An American in the Vatican
An American in the Vatican
For the first time, the Conclave of cardinals at the Vatican have elected an American pope.
Pope Leo XIV has ascended to the…
1 year, 2 months ago
Turner at 250: why Britain's most influential artist still matters
2025 marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of Joseph Mallord William Turner, widely celebrated as Britain's greatest landscape painter.
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1 year, 2 months ago