Labour Party

Labour has inherited a jails crisis. Its short-term decision to release prisoners will be unpopular. The long-term answer might be even more so

Jonathan Reynolds’ reaction to business and trade questions mark an important turning point

Keir Starmer pledged no tax rises for working people, yet that’s impossible. Unless, of course, he drops his red lines on the single market and customs union

How a biographer’s aside, the Mail’s performative outrage and the BBC’s cowardice led to a media storm over a portrait of Mrs Thatcher

The idea of a Trump victory that forces Ukraine to settle with Putin is too vile to contemplate

Our armed forces are not fit for purpose. Here’s how to fix them

If Rachel Reeves wants to be a truly reforming chancellor, she should embrace a more radical approach to accounting

Labour should work with the Lib Dems and Greens to help stop polarisation and public apathy

There is no good reason for banning cigarettes outside pubs while allowing them on the pavement next door

Political parties belong to activists as much as they do to leaders

The same tax rate for earnings and wealth would be a seismic change that raised billions

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has some tough decisions to make in October’s budget, but has options to achieve growth and avoid austerity

The public is sick of political in-fighting, so Keir Starmer must clamp down on No.10 leaks

It’s time Labour did something big and transformative to save us from a news cycle of misery

The government has demonstrated a conviction that dangerous behaviour has to have consequences

No government in half a century has built 300,000 homes every year, but that’s what Labour wants to do now

New polls suggest support for the PM’s softly-softly stance on Europe – but for how long?

Thank goodness the hereditary peers are going – some claimed huge expenses and gave almost nothing in return

If Labour fails in its declared missions, the Conservatives could have another chance – but not if they veer to the right

It makes the country richer, culturally and economically. Now’s the time to say so

The government says it’s levelling with us on the economy - so why not on the truth about a scheme demonised by Brexiteers?

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