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Rebellious Tory MPs look for Liz Truss’s successor

Rebellious Tory MPs look for Liz Truss’s successor

The New Statesman politics team report from the Conservative Party conference.

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Labour is in an anti-London "Tory trap": Sadiq Khan vs Andy Burnham

Labour is in an anti-London “Tory trap”: Sadiq Khan vs Andy Burnham

Inside Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng’s economic meltdown, with David Gauke and Duncan Weldon

Is Labour finally a government in waiting?

The Tories’ plan to make the rich richer

Inside Britain’s housing crisis

Inside Britain’s housing crisis

Trussonomics: Is Trickling Down the new Levelling Up?

Westminster Reimagined, with Armando Iannucci

Armando Iannucci: Is politics just a game to today's leaders?

Armando Iannucci: Is politics just a game to today’s leaders?

Armando Iannucci and Anoosh Chakelian

Armando Iannucci: is politics still tribal?

Armando Iannucci: is politics still tribal?

Ailbhe Rea and Armando Iannucci

Is democracy slowly collapsing in Westminster?

Is democracy slowly collapsing in Westminster?

Armando Iannucci and Anoosh Chakelian

Are politicians obsolete?

Are politicians obsolete?

Anoosh Chakelian and Armando Iannucci

World Review

“The party leads everything” | China under Xi

How Xi took control of the People’s Republic.

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The political legacy of Italian fascism – with David Broder

The political legacy of Italian fascism – with David Broder

What does Giorgia Meloni’s triumph mean for Italy?

Great Expectations | China Under Xi

What does India really think of Russia? With Raji Rajagopalan

“This is not a bluff”: would Vladimir Putin risk nuclear war?

“This is not a bluff”: would Vladimir Putin risk nuclear war?

Italian election: the rise of Giorgia Meloni

Audio Long Reads

What drives Liz Truss? The people and ideas behind the PM’s economics - Audio Long Reads

Audio Long Reads

What drives Liz Truss? The people and ideas behind the PM’s economics – Audio Long Reads

Jeremy Cliffe and Rachel Cunliffe

The making and meaning of Giorgia Meloni - Audio Long Reads

Audio Long Reads

The making and meaning of Giorgia Meloni – Audio Long Reads

Jeremy Cliffe

Would there have been climate change under socialism? - Audio Long Reads

Audio Long Reads

Would there have been climate change under socialism? – Audio Long Reads

Leigh Phillips and Hugh Smiley

Queen Elizabeth II and the end of empire - Audio Long Reads

Audio Long Reads

Queen Elizabeth II and the end of empire – Audio Long Reads

Jeremy Cliffe and Hugh Smiley

Prime Ministerial

Was Margaret Thatcher a good prime minister?

From Theresa May to Thatcher, Stephen Bush and Jonn Elledge explore the tenures of previous leaders in a six-part series…

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Was Gordon Brown a good prime minister?

Was Gordon Brown a good prime minister?

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Was John Major a good prime minister?

Was Tony Blair a good prime minister?

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Was David Cameron a good prime minister?

Was Theresa May a successful prime minister?

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Was Theresa May a successful prime minister?