Support 100 years of independent journalism.

UK Edition
- International Edition

Rishi Sunak’s 2021 Budget is one giant U-turn

The Chancellor’s dramatic public spending increases have left some Tory MPs demoralised – and sent Labour scrambling.

By Stephen Bush

Photo of Rishi Sunak’s 2021 Budget is one giant U-turn

Rachel Reeves’ Budget response shows she can compensate for Keir Starmer's weaknesses

Rachel Reeves’ Budget response shows she can compensate for Keir Starmer’s weaknesses

Paul Mason

Who will benefit from Rishi Sunak’s Universal Credit taper rate cut in the Budget?

Anoosh Chakelian

Partner content

People + machines is the formula for success

Adrian Joseph

“Utter moral failure”: Why Rishi Sunak’s Budget was anything but green

Philippa Nuttall

Republicans can’t resist Donald Trump’s playbook, even if they try

Republicans can’t resist Donald Trump’s playbook, even if they try

Emily Tamkin

Your very own Sylvia Plath

Anna Leszkiewicz

From Our Writers

Jeremy Cliffe

The biggest barrier to radical climate action is the global epidemic of mistrust

Louise Perry

Injection spiking is likely very rare – so why are we so scared?

Martin Fletcher

Boris Johnson’s “optimism” is a dangerous denial of reality

Sarah Manavis

Vaccine mandates won’t solve our anti-vaxxer problem

Politics

How generous was Rishi Sunak’s 2021 Budget and Spending Review really?

Beneath the surface of headline-grabbing announcements, the long legacy of austerity still cuts deep.

By Anoosh Chakelian and Katharine Swindells

Photo of How generous was Rishi Sunak’s 2021 Budget and Spending Review really?

The most important graphs on Rishi Sunak’s Budget

The most important graphs on Rishi Sunak’s Budget

Michael Goodier and Katharine Swindells

The Politics Interview

“This isn’t a one-off anymore”: Stephen Timms MP on being stabbed – and why he wants to meet his attacker

Anoosh Chakelian

Nicola Sturgeon should not assume that demography is destiny

Dominic Raab’s assault on the Human Rights Act is dangerously misguided

David Gauke

Would the British public support another Covid-19 lockdown?

Would the British public support another Covid-19 lockdown?

Ben Walker

Did Covid-19 push public opinion in a more left-wing direction?

Anoosh Chakelian and Polly Bindman

World

The biggest barrier to radical climate action is the global epidemic of mistrust

It’s no good bowling alone if we’re to have any success in resolving Covid-19 or climate change.

By Jeremy Cliffe

Photo of The biggest barrier to radical climate action is the global epidemic of mistrust

IUCN’s Al Mubarak: the conservation leader who says the world should work with Big Oil

IUCN’s Al Mubarak: the conservation leader who says the world should work with Big Oil

India Bourke

American warfare and the battle for profit

American warfare and the battle for profit

Lawrence Freedman

Japan’s new prime minister enjoys the upper hand as elections loom

Japan’s new prime minister enjoys the upper hand as elections loom

Ido Vock

Vladimir Putin won’t attend Cop26, yet Russia has little choice but to engage with climate action

Vladimir Putin won’t attend Cop26, yet Russia has little choice but to engage with climate action

Felix Light

Books and Culture

Your very own Sylvia Plath

An auction of the poet’s private possessions reveals the tension between her work and her personal life.

By Anna Leszkiewicz

Photo of Your very own Sylvia Plath

How the Eighties reinvented pop music

How the Eighties reinvented pop music

Kate Mossman

What George Orwell’s garden reveals about his politics of resistance

The Culture Interview

“Our sense of who we are is constantly shifting”: novelist Katie Kitamura on Agatha Christie and being a reluctant critic

Leo Robson

Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch is impossibly accomplished – and a bit boring

David Sexton

On Prioritise Pleasure, Self Esteem turns mainstream pop into an act of rebellion

On Prioritise Pleasure, Self Esteem turns mainstream pop into an act of rebellion

Emily Bootle

Radio & Podcasts

BBC Radio 4’s God Squad has borrowed from Life of Brian – but left behind the laughs

Rachel Cunliffe

Podcasts

The energy consumer of the future

The New Statesman podcast

The energy consumer of the future

The New Statesman Podcast: Subscribers’ edition

The New Statesman podcast

The New Statesman Podcast: Subscribers’ edition

Cop26: EU climate chief Frans Timmermans warns of the costs of inaction

Cop26: EU climate chief Frans Timmermans warns of the costs of inaction

Can MPs ever be truly safe after Jo Cox and David Amess?

The New Statesman podcast

Can MPs ever be truly safe after Jo Cox and David Amess?

Business and Economics

Davos man’s vision of a post-Covid-19 world makes my skin crawl

Rachel Cunliffe

Inside Klarna’s British charm offensive

Oscar Williams

“Three per cent of people in the financial sector are psychopaths.” Manfred Kets de Vries on CEOs

The Business Interview

“Three per cent of people in the financial sector are psychopaths.” Manfred Kets de Vries on CEOs

Are we heading for a new era of “stagflation”?

James Meadway

Business and Finance

IR35: is this incredibly specific tax change exacerbating the petrol crisis?

Emma Haslett

Amanda Staveley: the football financier who brought Newcastle to the Saudis

Amanda Staveley: the football financier who brought Newcastle to the Saudis

Will Dunn

The Long Read

The goodness business: how woke capitalism turned virtue into profit

The goodness business: how woke capitalism turned virtue into profit

No corporation is without its ideals in the new “emoticonomy”. But what do companies want with their new moral authority?

Magazine

Our Fragile Future

In this week’s issue

Our Fragile Future

By New Statesman

Subscribe

The price of the planet: who will step up at Cop26?

By Philippa Nuttall

The wild ride to come

By Adam Tooze

What we lost: writers on the climate crisis

By Ai Weiwei, Thomas Keneally, Richard Flanagan, Ahdaf Soueif, Orhan Pamuk, Annie Proulx and Tessa Hadley

Ai Weiwei on climate loss: Leaving Beijing was not just a political choice – I was a climate refugee

By Ai Weiwei

Spotlight

Workplace well-being: why employers should invest in mental health

Workplace well-being: why employers should invest in mental health

Sarah Dawood

Generation Burnout: how Covid-19 pushed NHS staff to the brink

Generation Burnout: how Covid-19 pushed NHS staff to the brink

Samir Jeraj

Money alone will not fix the NHS

Money alone will not fix the NHS

Jeremy Hunt MP

How to power the electric vehicle revolution

Partner content

How to power the electric vehicle revolution

Spotlight