Labour Party

Falling interest rates have nothing to do with Labour’s new chancellor - but she will definitely take them

A term limit, rather than an age limit, is key to reforming the upper house

Labour dominates Westminster, and the Tories are a diminished mess – but the two child benefit cap will reveal the true opposition

Legislating is the relatively easy part, particularly given a massive Commons majority. Implementation is another matter entirely

Sooner or later, a British government will be forced to restart HS2. It should have been this one

Three weeks in, Starmer has brought Britain closer to the EU, and outraged Brexiteers. What’s not to like?

In TNE’s new column, science writer Philip Ball provides news and analysis from scientists, policymakers and the frontiers of human knowledge

One day - and a couple of subtle hints - showed Europe that the grown-ups are back in charge of Britain

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

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

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

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

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

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?

Despite having had three female prime ministers previously, social class is still an issue for women in politics

After the election, Britain now has a parliament that better resembles the electorate

A Commons elected by supplementary vote and a Lords by PR would help restore trust

Labour’s first steps at moving closer to the EU are welcome, and vital to counter Nigel Farage

The new prime minister entered Downing Street in the ‘sunlight of hope’. But the storm to come has only been postponed

Here’s how Rachel Reeves can start setting the economy back on track without breaking the bank

The new PM is not a showman or a kamikaze gambler, just straight down the line, with his own individual style of operation

Truss, turnout and Labour’s landslide were my hits - but Corbyn’s win was a huge shock

The Labour government must now repair the damage done by Britain’s greatest ever political blunder

Some people on the far left don’t think Starmer 'really' won the election and are trying to explain away his victory

Starmer now has a fight on his hands to keep down a new crop of extreme right and left wing MPs

It’s a crushing landslide – but the Tories will have enough MPs to form a functioning opposition