British Politics

Rachel Reeves made a start on fixing the Conservatives’ years of waste - but it is nowhere near enough

Rachel Reeves will neglect the fact that Brexit and being outside of the single market costs the UK “more than £40 billion a year”

Humanity could not exist without water. So why are we destroying our rivers?

The roots of Britain’s water crisis, like so many now facing the country, lay in Thatcherite deregulation

If the capital runs out of water, what then?

You’re lucky to get a few seconds between spotting roadside refuse when driving in Britain. Tackling this is an easy win for the government

The global north needs to be building friendships with as many of our former colonies as possible

We need water to survive. So why is ensuring its presence so controversial?

Sewage discharges are a regular practice in Britain and they are a threat to people’s health. The public are outraged

Decades ago, holidaymakers in Bude knew that when you went in the sea, you kept your mouth shut. Today, that rule is back

How we treat our land is revealed in its freshwaters and the anglers are there to notice it first

Pressure to leave the European Convention on Human Rights won’t stop even if Robert Jenrick loses the Tory leadership election

Early release is a sticking plaster, not a solution. We need a wholly new approach to sentencing

The pundit turned 'comedian' has faced a backlash from fans online

If Labour raises taxes and the uber-wealthy begin to leave, will anybody care?

This £200m policy would help children and be the first step to restarting Sure Start

The Republican candidate offers voters a bargain: the illusion of power, in return for the heaviest price

Alanis Morissette would be proud of this list of disasters

They’ll talk about getting Britain closer to Europe, but will Keir Starmer listen?

The New European's hit podcast is staging its first live event in London

The hard-right activist is urging her followers to boycott the charity over its supposed "inclusion agenda"

The shameless survivor who brought you Brexit doesn’t deserve another platform

Angela Rayner teased and then taunted her old sparring partner in his last big appearance as her shadow

Former Conservative Party chairman Richard Holden has quickly forgotten his north-east roots

The weighting of a story about the Croydon man shot by police is all wrong

Whatever Rachel Reeves announces will make her deeply unpopular. But that won’t necessarily mean she’s wrong

The debate has opened up a number of complex moral dilemmas and cast doubt on the ability of the NHS to cope with the additional pressure

Clearly, the chancellor has no intention of courting short-term popularity as the budget looms

We asked our listeners at the O2 whether Kemi Badenoch or Robert Jenrick should be the next Tory leader. The response was bleak for both candidates

Our digest of the worst of Westminster welcomes the slippery charmer to the Spectator editor's chair

The Trump campaign plays on the deepest fears and instincts of the US electorate – making rational arguments against him will not work