Vicky Spratt: Whichever way he looks, the Prime Minister is in a serious bind

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Decision is one of Makerfield MP’s most significant since his Westminster return as he builds his team for government

Central banks claim they defeated inflation by raising interest rates. The evidence suggests otherwise. In this video, I look at seven major economies, including the UK, USA, Eurozone, Canada and Aust...

If you had told me in September that we’d get back into the Champions League and play the Europa League final, I would have laughed at you.

Wes Streeting's record is not one of change or reform, but of political opportunism and hostility to the health service he was trusted to protect. Keep Our NHS Public responds to his resignation We...

Sources say health secretary intends to trigger leadership election as early as Thursday

British prime minister’s team has been accused of lacking experience and depth

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Prime minister told a Downing Street roundtable extra security measures have been put in place to protect the Jewish community

Iran is stepping up its attacks on ships in the Gulf, with two tankers in Iraqi waters among those targeted. The price of oil surged past $100 a barrel again overnight, despite action from the Interna...

Rachel Reeves has been handed a record public borrowing boost in the final set of figures on the nation’s finances before the Chancellor’s Spring Statement.

Minister announces Microsoft, Cisco and Adobe to help apply AI to local schools, hospitals, GPs and businesses

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The Thick of It creator urges independent body to oversee corporation

Can you pull the levers of power to deliver a successful budget? Can you keep backbenchers happy without upsetting the bond markets? And can you do it all while keeping the books balanced? Try our bud...

There is a sentence in The Lancet’s new series on ultra-processed foods (UPFs), published this week, that makes clear exactly what the issue with them is. It says that UPFs are; emblematic of a food...

A reader of this blog asked me recently in an email why the UK no longer seems to make things, and whether a country can really grow without a strong manufacturing base. It’s a question that goes to t...

Brute strength, pep talks and the Big Dog Theory - the former England rugby prop gives us hope that good Faithfuls can win the game

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Burcu Yesilyurt says the fine is

When The Forsyte Saga aired at the end of the 1960s, Britain was scandalised. Pictured: Revival programme The Forsytes

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At the Labour Party conference this morning, Rachel Reeves said: “There is nothing progressive, nothing Labour, about government using one in every £10 of public money it spends on financing debt int...

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Exclusive: Consultants and lawyers hired to advise on using public-private partnerships to build ‘neighbourhood health centres’ in England

Council official overseeing the local strategy that inspired Bridget Phillipson’s plans says 'enormous' extra investment is needed for a successful national rollout

The former chief inspector of Ofsted spoke out against measuring wellbeing during a House of Lords debate.

Guardian journalist Helen Pidd, asked, after attending the far-right rally in London at the weekend, a simple but wholly appropriate question: When the far right becomes the mainstream right, what lan...