But looming hard decisions could test Labour’s unity

The crisis suits both of the main parties

Hugo Gye, our Britain political correspondent, reports from the party’s annual conference

The most expensive part of Britain

Parties come to office hopelessly unprepared

The Economist is offering a chance to join our picture desk in London

The move would bring the World Cup back to the UK for the first time since England hosted in 1966

But Robert Jenrick’s mission to professionalise the populists is incomplete

His way of speaking marks him out in a long line of posh-sounding PMs

Mark his actions more than his words

Who will win the Clacton by-election? Hugo Gye, our Britain political correspondent, visits the seaside town

Our school system has become too single-minded and is stopping children reaching their potential, says the education secretary

Opposition parties are struggling as Bev Craig of the new-look Labour Party wins in Manchester

Parents’ taste in baby names is changing, writes Hugo Gye, our British political correspondent

Andy Burnham’s plan is no way to ease the housing crisis

Credit greater accuracy and better communication

Britain’s next prime minister outlines plans that look a lot like those of the outgoing one

The Economist's Hugo Gye joins the podcast to discuss what happens when power changes hands mid-parliament.

He shows little sign that he grasps the scale or urgency of the tasks that await him

Andy Burnham may nevertheless find him a hard act to follow

After his by-election win he is set to challenge Sir Keir Starmer for the party (and the country’s) leadership

Britain’s boldest and most innovative painter died on June 11th, aged 88

But it perfectly captures the British prime minister’s vanilla brand of populism