Energy and housing costs threaten biggest decline in modern times unless bold action taken, says thinktank

Exclusive: PM, who is facing pressure over whether to approve North Sea oil and gasfields, makes strongest comments yet on issue

The offer of extra money by the government reduces the prospect of strike action by the largest teaching union.

Chaos of Capita-run scheme has left some people waiting up to a year for payments and in financial hardship

Andrew Fisher: Nigel Lawson was a Thatcher acolyte and we are still paying for the ruinous cost of his terrible decisions

Prolonged conflict in the Middle East could cost the Treasury up to £8 billion a year through higher debt interest payments and lost tax revenueThink tank

Lawyers including top barristers and retired judges urge the government to drop a plan to abolish some jury trials.

Exclusive: Senior party figures share data suggesting Green surge could put Labour in fourth place in capital in May

Letter signed by 25 rebel MPs claims approach from the top is ‘increasingly unpopular’ with public

After entering the race largely unnoticed, the new mayor of New York City can expect to face serious scrutiny in office.

This deputy leadership election is arguably the most significant in the party’s history

Despite Starmer's U-turn on the terms, it is still the morally wrong choice

Amendment intended to kill off legislation that would cut benefits could be backed by up to 100 Labour MPs including senior figures

Driving through controversial policies is always more difficult if a leader’s authority is waning

Government to loosen eligibility rules for pensioners in face of backlash against decision to means test benefit

Foreign secretary, David Lammy, condemns blocking of aid trucks and calls by Israeli ministers to ‘purify Gaza’

Ben Folley writes how MPs are increasingly concerned that Israel's actions in Gaza amount to genocide.

Dozens of MPs are angry at their party, despite frantic efforts by whips and government ministers to assuage them

The majority of Britons are sick of privatisation and value public ownership. Labour must offer a radical alternative, writes Guardian columnist Owen Jones

Ten Labour MPs have backed a bill that would compel the government to establish a compensation scheme for women who lost out financially from the rise in the state pension age. The bill, put forward b...

Austerity's not an option - Labour needs creativity to overcome the gloom

Keir Starmer has already hit the rocks, with YouGov polling showing a net approval at a brutal -47%.

Keir Starmer has already hit the rocks, with YouGov polling showing a net approval at a brutal -47%.