Jon Trickett MP: Labour’s fiscal rules are fuelling stagnation and political disaffection
A posture designed to calm nerves in opposition has solidified into a constraint that now shapes every major policy choice
Nigel Farage’s support for Trump is putting off voters
“He might just be [Trump’s] whipping boy. That kind of concerns me”
5 Reform UK disasters this week
From Farage’s late registrations of financial interests to Reform endorsing Trump’s expansionist fantasties in Greenland, the party hasn’t had a good week
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The NHS is the model of how the state can democratise action on climate change.
New revelations but no front pages
The papers are preoccupied with the funeral arrangements for Prince Phillip. But Tory cronyism stories will run and run.
One special asylum seeker does not prove this country’s virtue
Prince Phillip was not ‘The people’s refugee’ and it is disingenuous to make out he was.
Calls for Tory peer to quit after revelations he ‘victimised’ female worker
The judge ruled that Rami Ranger ‘victimised’ and ‘discriminated against’ a woman who complained about harassment at his firm.
EXCL: “The police should be a service – not a force” – Lib Dems set out plans for capital
Luisa Porritt backs effectively decriminalising cannabis in the capital, as well as restricting stop and search, LFF can report.