When he took over as Prime Minister in June 2007, Gordon Brown had been thinking about the job for over a decade and planning the succession for ma...

Former deputy prime minister Angela Rayner has backed away from challenging Keir Starmer for the leadership herself – but called for Andy Burnham t...

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Spies and magicians have plundered one another’s box of tricks throughout history but, as Alan White reports, these practised deceivers can’t be tr...

Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) could face the axe under imminent education reforms. Parents are anxious – but they have not stopped hundr...

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The publication of the Horizon inquiry’s first volume report this week lays bare one of the most shameful chapters in British public life.

Former athlete Tanni, The Baroness Grey-Thompson, was famed for her grit and determination on the racetrack. Now she uses that same drive to fight ...

England hasn’t built a new reservoir in more than 30 years but 10 are now promised – and even they may not be enough. Noah Vickers reports on the l...

Equity general secretary Paul W Fleming tells Sienna Rodgers about the threat of AI and his frustration with the government’s ‘very, very, very dis...

The Defence Committee has been hard at work during its first six months, publishing four reports and scrutinising the Ministry of Defence (MoD) dur...

In an occasional series, Professor Philip Cowley offers a political science lesson for The House’s readers. This week: chips

The tale of two American cousins on a Jewish heritage tour in Poland, Jesse Eisenberg has delivered a film of great economy, skill and wit

Record Store Day, taking place this Saturday, brings the high street to life and shows us that connected and buzzing community spaces can be synony...

Promises to digitise public services are decades-old but, as James O’Malley reports, we are on the brink of some truly revolutionary changes includ...

A dramatic increase in children judged to have special educational needs has created another dysfunctional market driving councils into insolvency,...

The Office for Students' so-called investigation into the University I represent was flawed and politically motivated. The implications for the hig...

Liz Kendall’s welfare cuts this week exposed an underlying tension in the Labour Party between fiscal necessity and political identity.

Kate Conger and Ryan Mac have produced a fascinating and important examination of Elon Musk's chaotic acquisition of Twitter

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A mental health social worker takes us through a typical day in the job, from disappointing patients to dealing with abuse and threats