Why the House of Lords will be hard to abolish
Reform of the upper chamber is one of Keir Starmer’s most important tasks this parliament.
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Inside the Labour Growth Group
Will the new organisation be more than cheerleaders for the party leadership?
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Why MPs are happier when they lose
For some former parliamentarians, the return to civilian life is almost euphoric.
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What we must learn from the infected blood scandal
This failure and its cover-up reveals the harm done by the NHS’s “institutional defensiveness”.
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PMQs review: Sunak and Starmer need to grow up
Government scrutiny is being lost in the attempt to score rhetorical points.
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PMQs review: Starmer lets Sunak get away with immigration failures
In attacking the Prime Minister on pensions and National Insurance, the Labour leader missed the open goal.
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PMQs review: Angela Rayner struggles to change the narrative
Her attempt to focus on the Conservatives’ U-turn on banning no-fault evictions was no match for the gift of political…
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Labour’s waste-finder general
Meg Hillier, chair of the Public Accounts Committee: Britain isn’t corrupt, it’s incompetent.
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PMQs review: Starmer lays a Truss trap for Sunak
The Prime Minister cannot flush his predecessor away – and Labour is taking advantage.
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PMQs review: Rishi Sunak’s unforced errors are destroying Tories’ faith
Keir Starmer pins the Prime Minister into hopeless contortions over Conservative scandals.
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MPs’ safety concerns shouldn’t obscure the right to protest
Threats against parliamentarians are an indictment of parts of the pro-Palestine movement – but the democratic process must be preserved.
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The problem with David Cameron appearing in the Commons
Allowing the lordly Foreign Secretary to enter the House would set a risky precedent for democratic accountability.
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The Tory who wants to oust Liz Truss
James Bagge, a former high sheriff of Norfolk, is contemplating standing against the ex-PM.
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Hunt for the suspended BBC presenter exposes our privacy law mess
Online sleuths will inevitably accuse the wrong people. Better to name the subjects of investigations.
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Can we please give ex-politicians something to do other than podcasting?
Politicians can now have fully fledged political careers that still end about 25 years before they’re due to retire. What…
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Johnson’s populists have lost their battle with the Privileges Committee
The committee’s report on “interference” by MPs is an assertion of strength by an institution under attack.
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Who are the 31 male MPs on Westminster’s list of shame?
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Rishi Sunak needs to play political Bazball
To win over the country, the Prime Minister has to risk upsetting his party.
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Why the Conservative Party is broken
An unrepresentative membership has shifted the party’s centre firmly to the nationalistic and authoritarian right.
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Letter of the week: House rules
Write to letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
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