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Why is Keir Starmer backing the two-child benefit cap?

Why is Keir Starmer backing the two-child benefit cap?

The Labour leader is supporting a policy that he previously declared should be scrapped.

By Freddie Hayward

Comment and Analysis

Is Labour’s Uxbridge by-election campaign in trouble?

Rachel Wearmouth

Should Rishi Sunak be a diplomat?

Freddie Hayward

Does Labour’s soft left have a future?

Does Labour’s soft left have a future?

The Weekend Report

Is universal basic income possible here?

Anoosh Chakelian

How Gen Z can save the Conservative Party

Imogen Sinclair

What is the point of Humza Yousaf?

What is the point of Humza Yousaf?

Chris Deerin

Interviews and Profiles

The Reeves doctrine: Labour’s plan for power

The Reeves doctrine: Labour’s plan for power

Jason Cowley

Simon McDonald: “It’s the end of the game for Britain”

The Weekend Interview

Simon McDonald: “It’s the end of the game for Britain”

Harry Lambert

David Davis: “The right to demonstrate includes the right to disrupt”

The Weekend Interview

David Davis: “The right to demonstrate includes the right to disrupt”

Rachel Cunliffe

Lutfur Rahman: “I’m just a humble local politician”

The Weekend Interview

Lutfur Rahman: “I’m just a humble local politician”

Freddie Hayward

New Statesman Podcast

Nicola Sturgeon’s encore – and Humza Yousaf’s new(-ish) plan for independence

The New Statesman podcast

Nicola Sturgeon’s encore – and Humza Yousaf’s new(-ish) plan for independence

Scotland’s former first minister gives evidence to the Covid inquiry, as her successor sets out his agenda for the next…