Burnham believes the government has afforded the market too much power By Will Dunn The front pages of the Financial Times, Bloomberg, the Times and others this morning all refer to Andy Burnham’s ...

The new soft-left group Mainstream could help propel the mayor to power. By George Eaton Where is the soft left? This was the question that supporters and opponents of this group alike asked during ...

A murder investigation has been launched after the ex-Tory MP was found dead at home By Ethan Croft The veteran politician ...

The Reform leader framed the contest as the “people vs the establishment” By Ethan Croft Nigel Farage has triggered a by-election in his Clacton constituency as he attempts to outrun press questions ...

But you still can’t afford to buy a home By Will Dunn If you bought a home in the UK at the beginning of 2022, you might be feeling rather smug. You locked in a low mortgage rate just as the Bank of ...

The rise of a “New Left” grouping has exposed divisions within the Socialist Campaign Group. By George Eaton It was in December 1982, in the aftermath of the titanic struggle between Tony Benn and ...

Is there any scandal that can stop Nigel Farage? The antics of “Posh George” just don’t matter to some voters By Ben Walker Nigel Farage is in the news again over his financial affairs. A report from ...

The Reform UK leader has had a tricky run of by-election disappointments By Anoosh Chakelian It’s the £5m question: is Nigel Farage losing momentum? The Reform UK leader has had a tricky run of ...

The PM-in-waiting will find himself stretched between Manchester, Westminster and the international stage By John Bew By all accounts, Andy Burnham thinks Keir Starmer has spent too much time abroad ...

The next director general will be walking into an impossible job – and a political firefight By Andrew Marr Tim Davie, the outgoing director general of the BBC, was not pushed out. He was determined ...

Nigel Farage is manoeuvring as he always has: by deception By Tom McTague When Harold Wilson resigned as prime minister in 1976, the Sunday Telegraph’s Peregrine ...

Close supporters are worried the pressure will not relent, whatever happens in Clacton By Ailbhe Rea A few days before George Cottrell found his face splashed across the front page of the Sunday Times ...