Politics

Britain previously relied on foresters from Eastern Europe. Brexit is now putting its stock of Christmas trees at risk.

Will EU truck drivers see through Boris Johnson and Priti Patel's plan to allow them back into the country for just three months?

Get your story straight, chaps. Either the public is infallible .. or they're not.

The country's curious election has changed everything.. we just have to wait to see how it has changed.

Why getting kids from poor backgrounds into journalism is a priority

England’s higher education sector is supposed to be a success story. So why does it feel like it is in such disarray?

The Tory silence on Brexit is understandable.. Labour's much less so.

After a dismal decade for centre left parties on the continent, there are now some positive signs tempered by a widespread failure to connect with voters. 

Regardless of its merits, the cack-handed handling of the defence deal between the US, UK and Australia risks handing the initiative to China and Russia.

The former Daily Mail editor was rejected from the position of heading up OFCOM - could he end up reapplying?

Sunshine, super-riches... and sleaze. Monaco sits like a melanoma on the Med, a city state throwback autocracy where anything goes - except the payment of taxes. Now the glamour that has always masked the iniquity is overshadowed by a Prince whose personal life is again coming under uncomfortable scrutiny.

Prince Albert is not only the prince of Monaco but something akin to its general manager. So when his private life comes under the spotlight, so too does his principality.

In a vote on the governor’s leadership through the pandemic, voters resoundingly rejected replacing him with a Trumpist Republican.

News that you might have missed from around the continent, selected by Steve Anglesey.

The tech firm’s sale was supposed to demonstrate confidence in a post-Brexit UK. But it hasn’t worked out like that.

The pandemic produced apocalyptic warnings about higher education in the UK. In fact, its future is looking a lot brighter than predicted.

Comedian MITCH BENN proposes new names for the ministries serving Boris Johnson's government.

Using the pandemic as a cover story for Britain's post-Brexit woes is contemptible

Remember when Boris Johnson claimed in 2016 that 'fuel bills will be lower' if the UK voted for Brexit?

Extinction Rebellion's protests are unlikely to change the minds of those in power.

Ahead of the Med9 event in Athens, Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis shares his thoughts on the escalating climate and environmental crisis

There's speculation the government's culture wars hides a bigger agenda surrounding the broadcast media.

Can the rise in intolerance in Europe be attributed to dog-whistle politics, or is there more to it?

Press freedom is under assault across our continent – including the murder of journalists. Misha Glenny reports on how journalism, an essential element of democracy, is threatened.

The murder of journalists calls into question the ability or willingness of some European states to safeguard the freedom of journalists.

But the case for changing the voting system is less clear cut, argues JAMES BALL.

TIM WALKER on the suggestion the government's contradictions over Afghan refugees.

Readers have their say on Alastair Campbell's suggestion for a 'dream' Tory cabinet.

A century since partition, Northern Ireland is torn on the effects of language on the process of peace. It’s a cultural battle that signals both fear and optimism for the future of a troubled land.

Lauded abroad but not always loved at home. What will be the legacy of the chancellor who has ruled Germany since 2005?