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Rotten to the core? Reform demonstrate why party discipline is important

But having gone to bed feeling physically sick and woken up still thinking about it, I couldn’t stop myself. Daniel wrote about the racism and misogyny which over the course of the documentary was absolutely relentless.…

Where’s Burnham really on welfare reform?

So, what will the government do about it? With Alan Milburn’s long-awaited review due next month, is Andy Burnham laying the groundwork for tougher benefit conditions in the budget – as ministers look to rein in the…

‘I’m shocked!’ – the nasty hangover not shutting the door on hubris will give you

It’s not a ‘told you so’ because though I did, there are ways to reset, and regroup, but I can’t see any sign of it, yet. This weekend hours before the full ITV Exposure “A Year In Reform” programme was broadcast a…

Matthew Jeffery: We talk about million-pound inheritances while working Britain counts the pennies

There is a moment in a British supermarket that tells you more about the state of this country than anything you will hear from a politician in Westminster. A mother scans her shopping as she walks the aisles, watching…

Harriet Cross: With thirty mentions of independence, Swinney’s conference speech was Groundhog Day for Scotland

There could hardly have been a more damning illustration of the SNP’s distorted priorities than John Swinney’s conference speech. On Saturday, the SNP leader took to the stage in Aberdeen to proclaim that the referendum…

Before he does, he might want to have a word with Theresa May. In 2017, May went into the General Election with a Conservative majority. She emerged without one. Her social care proposals became one of the most…

Burnham urged to launch inquiry into unequal health impacts of air pollution

Research by the Institute for Fiscal Studies shows that across England, lower-income areas have persistently higher levels of air pollution than wealthier areas. The same research found that minority-ethnic populations…

Paul Nowak column: ‘Britain needs a living standards Budget’

That’s how much extra households have paid in mortgage, energy, loan, and water bills since 2021. From austerity to the pandemic to energy shocks and Trumpflation, working people have borne the brunt of crisis after…

‘Brexit was never a closed matter – it’s time to put the national interest first’

They argue that Brexit was a fait accompli the moment we left the EU. That it is too early to see the benefits of leaving. That it is only by charting a history entirely outside the European firmament that we can purse…

Trump’s Russia rethink — and Europe’s response

But rather than scrambling to contain the fallout, EU leaders are keeping their cool. Zoya Sheftalovich and Nick Vinocur explore Europe’s strategy for weathering Trump’s midterm storm — and what it means for Ukraine.…