We’re still living in Margaret Thatcher’s world
Ten years on from her death, the former prime minister’s free-market settlement continues to define Britain.
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Today’s Tories lack Nigel Lawson’s philosophical depth
In contrast to the late chancellor, modern Conservatives offer stale thinking rather than intellectual curiosity.
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How consultancy bleeds Britain dry
In The Big Con Mariana Mazzucato and Rosie Collington reveal how management consultants promise to fix governments but end up…
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Letter of the week: Reasons to stay put
Write to letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
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Decoding Adam Smith
A new history of The Wealth of Nations shows how the Scottish thinker’s legacy became an economic battleground.
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The uncertain future of the Tory party
If Rishi Sunak loses the next general election, who will inherit the battered kingdom of British conservatism?
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Rishi Sunak is caught between his ideals and the voters who put his party in power
The new prime minister believes in entrepreneurship and fiscal restraint, but inherits a coalition founded on high public spending.
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Rishi Sunak’s green belt pandering shows he is no Margaret Thatcher
Unlike the Iron Lady, Conservative politicians of today aren’t ready to ask the hard questions about the UK’s structural problems.
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