Keir Starmer: “Am I aiming to be just a one-term prime minister? No, of course not”
As the Conservative Party unravels, Starmer is plotting a route to No 10. Is he the radical leader the country…
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The SNP must end its addiction to centralisation
Gordon Brown’s proposals are a reminder that under the Scottish nationalists, devolution has stopped at the border.
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To forge a “New Britain”, Labour must rethink our economic system
The party pledges to unleash growth in its report on the UK’s political future, but it has missed the point…
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There’s plenty of ways to reform the House of Lords. Just look at Europe
To listen to the British elite you’d think the only choices were the UK’s semi-medieval aberration or US Senate-style deadlock.
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Is Keir Starmer brilliant or just lucky?
The Labour leader’s advance owes more to Tory failure than to any success on his part.
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Growth through devolution will be Labour’s election pitch
The question is whether wrapping green policy, levelling up and regional power into one is comprehensible.
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Labour’s constitutional radicalism is what a broken system needs
Too much of our political class has become timid or borderline corrupt. It’s time to redistribute power and abolish the…
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How radical will Keir Starmer be on constitutional reform?
It remains to be seen how many of Gordon Brown's 40 recommendations the party leader embraces.
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Gordon Brown: Why it’s time to take the shame out of need
As the cost-of-living crisis pushes more and more people into poverty, charities have become the last line of defence.
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Letter of the week: Money, money, money
Write to letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
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Gordon Brown is wrong – we need to renationalise energy permanently, not just temporarily
It would be an act of corporate welfare to privatise when the good times return.
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Keir Starmer is letting a crisis go to waste
The Labour leader’s hyper-cautious strategy may put him in government, but not in power.
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How Gordon Brown wields power behind the scenes in Starmer’s Labour
As the party seeks to forge a vote-winning policy agenda, it has turned to the “enormous brain” of the former…
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Was Gordon Brown a good prime minister?
From May to Thatcher, Stephen Bush and Jonn Elledge explore the tenures of previous leaders in a six-part series from…
Gordon Brown calls for developing world debt relief
In an interview published in this week’s New Statesman, the former PM and chancellor of the exchequer, Gordon Brown, has called…
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Gordon Brown: “The solution to this crisis is still global”
The former prime minister talks to Stephen Bush about economic crises, the retreat from globalisation and the most urgent priorities for…
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Prime minister says he hopes talks in the new year will set a timetable for handover to local forces
ByBrown seeks support for “Tobin tax”
PM secretly tries to persuade bankers to support transaction tax, while EU ministers express interes
ByMPs’ pay rise planned to prevent expenses rebellion
Downing Street plays down plan to raise salaries to limit anger over expenses measures
ByBrown’s PR gamble
Could a referendum on Scottish independence be held alongside a PR referendum on election day?
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