Andy Burnham has promised to “change politics” with a new political and economic model for Britain. In his first Downing ...

Zack Polanski’s party will take aim at her immigration reforms should she be appointed chancellor By Megan Kenyon The Green Party plans to accuse Shabana Mahmood of “fiscal constraint and economic ...

The murder of Ann Widdecombe has one lesson: both left and right need to detoxify our public discourse ...

With Marine Le Pen now free to run in next year’s election, France is entering uncharted political territory By Julian ...

The translator of Homer’s classic poem, now adapted for the big screen, explains the text’s enduring power By Tanjil Rashid Daniel Mendelsohn is a literary polymath; he writes memoirs, monographs, ...

The economist on wealth inequality, Dan Neidle and the next prime minister By Oli Dugmore Gary Stevenson entered the world of finance as a 21-year old interest-rate trader at Citibank in 2008. Since ...

With mobs waging xenophobic violence on the streets, the promise of the anti-apartheid struggle has dissolved By Benjamin Fogel Today (18 July), South Africans are urged to celebrate Nelson Mandela’s ...

Slavoj Žižek is a philosopher, author, cultural theorist and intellectual. He currently holds academic positions at the University of London, New York University and University of Ljubljana. He has ...

Ethan Croft is a New Statesman political correspondent. The outgoing prime minister said he leaves “with a smile” as his “work is done” The Reform UK leader is facing the biggest fight of his ...