11+ hour, 41+ min ago   (196+ words) Andy Burnham’s growing pains New Statesman When Andy Burnham stood on the steps of Downing Street on his first day as Prime Minister, he pledged to build “a new economic model” for the UK. But if John Healey’s first speech…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (215+ words) New Statesman Nigel “has only got one ball”. John Sweeney is already singing by page three of this crude and disorganised biography, and he hopes we’re singing along with him, or at least whistling. He knows we know the song,…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (138+ words) New Statesman Today’s Prime Minister’s Questions (9 September) was only Andy Burnham’s second in the job, and was the final session before MPs head off on conference recess next Tuesday (15 September). Here’s what we learned. Kemi Badenoch continued on a theme…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (244+ words) New Statesman Those planning the 2026 Reform conference said their aim was to “put on a show”. It worked. Before the diplomatic accord with the French hard right, a tax-cut pledge costing £20bn a year and viral videos of female hecklers getting beaten…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (239+ words) New Statesman In Exodus, Moses is tending to his flock when a bush bursts into flames and God’s voice calls out from within its leaves. At Eton, the Burning Bush is an elaborate 19th-century lamppost sitting on a stone plinth,…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (138+ words) Portsmouth’s anti-migrant protestors have given up on democracy New Statesman A planned, coordinated and “exceptionally well-organised” protest sees the Port of Dover – the UK’s biggest and busiest ferry port – shut down for hours. Despite footage showing hundreds of demonstrators in…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (108+ words) New Statesman Zack Polanski is being challenged for selection as the Green Party candidate in Holborn and St Pancras. Hamza Chowdhury, a councillor for Holborn and Covent Garden, announced this morning that he will put himself forward for selection as…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (257+ words) New Statesman “I believe”, intones the speaker at the Christian Fellowship for Reform, “that Jesus Christ is the ultimate Reformer”. The Reform party conference delegates are still arriving. Long queues of them have formed in the mouth of the Birmingham…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (139+ words) New Statesman Four days after Andy Burnham won the Makerfield by-election, Keir Starmer resigned as prime minister. Four days after that, his office posted a job ad for a caseworker, with a closing date of 12 July. The successful candidate was…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (175+ words) Reform conference: scandal rains on Farage’s parade newstatesman.com Brown envelopes, clandestine operations and secret meetings at Claridge’s Hotel. While Reform has already had two cash scandals this year, the latest seemed to surpass the others in colour and gall,…...