Inside Labour’s welfare revolt
Keir Starmer’s political authority is now on the line.
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Abortion’s unwelcome return to British politics
Parliament will vote tomorrow on a bill that could break the consensus on feminism’s great achievement.
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Australia is no model for assisted dying
There is more dissent in the country – where assisted dying is legal – than MPs in the UK have…
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Will Jeremy Corbyn trap the government on Gaza?
He is preparing a parliamentary ruse to embarrass Keir Starmer – and take dozens of MPs with him.
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Naz Shah: “The assisted dying bill is not fit for purpose”
The Labour MP and scrutiny committee member on why she fears the consequences if end-of-life proposals become law.
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Rachel Reeves cannot disguise the pain to come
The Chancellor’s rhetoric on growth has proved overblown.
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Labour’s precarious triumph
In 2024, the party discovered that winning an election isn’t the same as winning the country.
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PMQs review: Kemi Badenoch misses every target
The Conservative leader strays even further out of her depth in an anticlimactic showdown to end the year.
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PMQs review: Badenoch falls into Reform’s trap
The Tory leader’s attacks on Labour’s immigration plan did more for Nigel Farage than the Conservative Party.
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MPs vote for assisted dying after an emotional debate
This was not parliament as usual.
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Britain needs this assisted dying bill
My brother took his own life while suffering with kidney cancer. No one with a terminal illness should have that…
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Will parliament pass the assisted dying bill?
The closer we get to Friday’s vote, the more uncertain it all feels.
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Why MPs should vote to legalise assisted dying
Maintaining a cruel status quo is not a neutral choice.
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Labour shouldn’t fear the facile general election petition
The party’s communication problem is far greater than some online signatures.
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Labour cannot afford to lose Rosie Duffield
The politician has spent her career advocating for the marginalised. Who will follow her?
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Georgia Gould on a new generation of Labour MPs
The new member for Queen’s Park and Maida Vale brings years of local-government experience to Westminster.
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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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