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Is the SNP heading for a split?

Is the SNP heading for a split?

Both opponents and allies of Kate Forbes are warning of resignations if she becomes leader.

By Chris Deerin

Comment and Analysis

The Budget showed Sunak is trapped

David Gauke

The BBC needs to stop being its own worst enemy

Andrew Marr

Suella Braverman has become the Conservatives’ biggest liability

Suella Braverman has become the Conservatives’ biggest liability

Is this the end of the Met Police?

Freddie Hayward

The SNP seems to think it can’t lose Scotland – but it can

Chris Deerin

Tory MPs have a golden opportunity to end Boris Johnson’s political career

Tory MPs have a golden opportunity to end Boris Johnson’s political career

Martin Fletcher

Interviews and Profiles

Wes Streeting: “NHS privatisation could not be further from my aims”

Preparing for Power

Wes Streeting: “NHS privatisation could not be further from my aims”

Rachel Wearmouth

Colum Eastwood: “We're on the road to a united Ireland – and that's going to be unstoppable”

Northern Ireland

Colum Eastwood: “We’re on the road to a united Ireland – and that’s going to be unstoppable”

Freddie Hayward

Rachel and Ellie Reeves: “We were constantly underestimated as state-school girls”

Preparing for Power

Rachel and Ellie Reeves: “We were constantly underestimated as state-school girls”

Rachel Wearmouth

Why Kate Forbes just won’t quit

Why Kate Forbes just won’t quit

Chris Deerin

New Statesman Podcast

Childcare gets top billing in the Budget, but will it work?

The New Statesman podcast

Childcare gets top billing in the Budget, but will it work?

After Jeremy Hunt announced an extension of free childcare provision to children older than nine months in the Budget this…