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How Labour can make government work better
The New Statesman· 5 days agoOne of the new Labour government’s greatest challenges will be expanding the capacity of the British state. Government is not war but, with 13 years in...
Britain’s shock of the new
The New Statesman· 5 days agoAs the Keir Starmer ascendancy boots up its laptops, what style of national leadership is coming? It’s visible in the calm demeanour of an older man...
Inside the teenage mind
The New Statesman· 5 days agoA workplace can be happy or dysfunctional in any number of ways, but ask someone about their secondary-school social hierarchy and they’d describe...
Anneliese Dodds’ long shadow in the cabinet
The New Statesman· 5 days agoYour weekly dose of gossip from the Commons.
The Tory collapse was a night to remember
The New Statesman· 5 days agoAt the New Statesman election night party, as we waited for the exit poll at 10pm, Andrew Marr announced in his opening remarks that the 2024 general...
In praise of British politics
The New Statesman· 5 days agoThursday 4 July marked an extraordinary moment in British political history: a Labour landslide; the Conservatives’ worst electoral defeat in history;...
Ed Warner: Wimbledon expansion impasse needs fresh and imaginative thinking
CityAM via Yahoo Finance UK· 5 days agoSouth Sudan’s men are the visitors on 18th and Germany’s women on 21st. You can buy tickets here....
Keir Starmer beyond the wall
The New Statesman· 5 days agoThe vibe from veteran journalist friends is that they can’t quite render Keir Starmer on the page. You won’t remember him, but he’s the steady,...
Labour’s quandary over defence spending
The New Statesman· 6 days agoKeir Starmer joins the Nato summit in DC under pressure from his own budget restraints and the prospect of a Trump presidency.
Labour’s quandary over defence spending
The New Statesman· 6 days agoKeir Starmer joins the Nato summit in DC under pressure from his own budget restraints and the prospect of a Trump presidency.