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Is Labour finally a government in waiting?
Anoosh Chakelian, Freddie Hayward and Rachel Wearmouth report from the Labour Party conference in Liverpool.
They discuss the remarkably upbeat mood a…
3 years, 3 months ago
The Tories’ plan to make the rich richer
Kwasi Kwarteng, the Chancellor, presented a mini-Budget today (23 September) whose centrepiece was the biggest tax cuts in decades in an attempt to s…
3 years, 3 months ago
Inside Britain’s housing crisis
The UK has a housing crisis: in the past decade, decent and stable living arrangements have become an impossible dream for many.
The New Statesman’s s…
3 years, 3 months ago
Trussonomics: Is Trickling Down the new Levelling Up?
The newly appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, Kwasi Kwarteng, is facing criticism after he sacked Tom Scholar, permanent secretary at the Treasury…
3 years, 4 months ago
How the death of the Queen affects government
The ceremonies following the death of the Queen continue this week. Freddie Hayward speaks to Anoosh Chakelian about what the mood has been like at t…
3 years, 4 months ago
The Queen dies and an era ends
A special podcast from the New Statesman to reflect on the death of Elizabeth II and the accession of Charles III.
Andrew Marr, political editor, Meg…
3 years, 4 months ago
Liz Truss's first days, with Andrew Marr
The Prime Minister, Liz Truss, has announced her plans to help with the energy crisis. Anoosh Chakelian is joined by the New Statesman’s political ed…
3 years, 4 months ago
Liz Truss wins. But can she deliver, deliver, deliver?
As predicted, Liz Truss has beaten Rishi Sunak in the race to become the next prime minister of the UK. She won the Tory leadership contest by a comf…
3 years, 4 months ago
Will the next PM be another Boris Johnson? In conversation with Adam Fleming
With just days until we find out who Britain’s next prime minister will be, we take a look back at the outgoing Conservative leader: what shaped Bori…
3 years, 4 months ago
How big is the economic crisis the UK is facing? With Duncan Weldon
As the cost-of-living crisis and rapidly rising energy prices look set to push the UK into recession, how bad is the situation and what could be done…
3 years, 4 months ago