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Shabana Mahmood's asylum plans split Labour
Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary, has unveiled a series of changes to the migration and asylum system.
The plans, which have been trailed over the…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Booker winner: Keir Starmer should read 'Flesh'
"If he feels talking about his favourite novel is politically disadvantageous, that's a sad state of affairs" - David Szalay on Keir Starmer's readin…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
What Wes Streeting should do next
We share our strategy advice for the Labour rebels allegedly trying to oust Keir Starmer.
Ailbhe Rea and Luke O'Reilly join Rachel Cunliffe to answer …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Why is Rachel Reeves U-turning on income tax?
After weeks of preparing to break their manifesto pledge, Starmer and Reeves have ditched their plans to raise income tax.
They’re scared it would ha…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
There’s no “fundamental institutional bias” at the BBC | Lewis Goodall interview
The BBC is still reeling from the dramatic resignation announcement of its director general Tim Davie on Sunday.
Rachel Cunliffe gets Lewis Goodall’s …
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Mutiny in the Labour Party
Labour hit its lowest-ever poll rating last week, coming fourth at just 17 per cent. Westminster is full of chatter about a leadership coup at the ha…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Will world leaders ever fix climate change?
It's now "impossible" to limit climate change to 1.5 degrees. Can COP30 achieve anything material at all?
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Keir Starmer has been in Brazil ahead of C…
2 months ago
Crisis at the BBC
Yesterday evening, BBC director general Tim Davie resigned, as first reported in the New Statesman by our new political editor Ailbhe Rea, along with…
2 months ago
Has Labour let down millennials?
Has Labour let down Millennials? Are tax hikes on the horizon? And what would happen to the commonwealth if Britain dumped our King?
Rachel Cunliffe …
2 months ago
Steve Reed's £7bn affordable housing fund | Exclusive interview
“The dream of home ownership is closed off to younger people today” - Steve Reed, Housing Secretary
Steve Reed exclusively tells the New Statesman abo…
2 months ago