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Days after those election gains, squabbling over PM candidates makes it look as dysfunctional as ever

Westminster’s reputation is in the gutter and the onus is on Labour to repair it

Hundreds of thousands of British overseas voters did not vote in the election despite being newly eligible - why?

Our digest of the worst of Westminster looks at GB News, Chris Philp, the Sun on Sunday and more

Mirroring updated EU product rules will cheer industry and enrage Brexiteers

Keir Starmer could have been bolder when laying out his government’s agenda - and he may come to regret it

A way to scrap this unfair, unpopular policy should have been at the heart of Labour’s King’s Speech

Discredited Vaughan Gething lost control of his own narrative

The programme has become a surpassingly saccharine exercise in shining up the superficialities of celebrity

If the Treasury published an audit of the damage done by leaving, Starmer would face a serious political problem

The root causes should be investigated as thoroughly as the attack that almost claimed Donald Trump’s life

In the footsteps of the 1942 blueprint for a new Britain, a series of essays by leading policy thinkers revisits our key challenges.. and how to fix them.

If we want a truly free society and an end to poverty, then we, and our new government, must build a country that is free from ‘Want’ 

With action rather than empty words, the new government could make Britain into a happier country, content to enjoy its advantages

The health secretary Wes Streeting has the daunting task of overhauling the NHS amid increasing financial strain

Starmer’s first steps prove to voters that he intends to use the power he’s been handed

Labour carries a heavy mantle of responsibility to this generation and those that will follow

After over a decade of painful under-investment in technology, the UK has an opportunity now to lead the world once again

The disappointing reality is that the American people won’t vote Joe Biden back into office – not being Trump won’t be enough

‘It’s coming home’ isn’t meant to be brash, it’s about hope

After the election, Rachel Reeves is in the perfect position to exert a little gentle blackmail

David Lammy is keen to make Britain a good global – and European – citizen again. But how can he do it?

Self-service libraries with automated kiosks are taking over. But we lose librarians at our peril

Nigel Farage says Reform will replace the crumbling Tories. But the faultlines within his party – and in his own character – suggest it will crack first

Despite the president’s propaganda machine, Turkish people appear confident that their democracy is strong enough to vote him out of office

French relationships with the environment are more practical compared with British attitudes, which tend to be more sentimental

Many of those who keep the wheels of Eurocracy turning get hitched in Brussels’ town hall

Italian politicians are theatrical with their scandals, and one story in the local press is no exception

Multiple generations of Swedes have grown up in prosperity and security, but today they are having to imagine social collapse

The vast number of tourists make our home town unliveable

A German-made, Agatha Christie-inspired series depicting Angela Merkel’s crime-solving adventures is proving a hit