Britain’s new Labour government has been considering a proposal from Keir Starmer’s time in office, by which borrowing for building projects would be excluded from the fiscal rules.

Why town centres need beetroots, bowling alleys and botox

Why town centres need beetroots, bowling alleys and botox

House of Commons

Britain has spent nearly two decades standing still. Getting it moving again means reforming a state that has become better at stopping things than delivering them.

Britain has spent nearly two decades standing still. Getting it moving again means reforming a state that has become better at stopping things than delivering them.

Britain has spent nearly two decades standing still. Getting it moving again means reforming a state that has become better at stopping things than delivering them.

Britain has spent nearly two decades standing still. Getting it moving again means reforming a state that has become better at stopping things than delivering them.

Some 88 Labour MPs, out of a total of 166 cross-party parliamentarians, have signed an amendment to establish a commission into electoral reform.

An addiction to risk aversion has stalled progress. Now with Burnham, the dam has burst