Ailbhe Rea

Ailbhe Rea is political editor of the New Statesman

Ed Miliband is remaking Britain’s foreign policy

The Foreign Secretary has unveiled the biggest reset in UK relations with Israel for decades

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In his first days in No 10, Andy Burnham showed his determination to do politics differently

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Make sense of a new government with the help of our political reporters

By Ailbhe Rea, Ethan Croft and Megan Kenyon

The appointee, Graeme Cooke, is seen as an intellectual ally of James Purnell

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Culture change will require some “heads on spikes”, as one insider puts it

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Close supporters are worried the pressure will not relent, whatever happens in Clacton

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The PM-in-waiting is using this brief interregnum to articulate his project

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Andy Burnham’s march on No 10 was swift, ruthless and meticulously planned. Now comes the hard part

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The Prime Minister has not reached a final decision – and still sees several reasons why he shouldn’t go

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