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EXPLAINED: Margaret thatcher | Rare Historical Photos

This Week in History: Isolation for Thatcher and Clinton on cusp of landslide victory

Explore how major events between 26 October and 1 November were captured on The Independent’s front pages

The Independent UK · 2h ago

Can UK pop cut immigration and stop the boats? I suppose we’ll find out with GB News Music Radio

An ‘all British, all day’ station is a nativist dream come true – but good luck with the playlist. And anyway: how many artists will want to be on Farage FM? asks Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK · Oct 21

Our Friends in the North: The Thatcher Years review – old pals back on the toon as TV series gets squished

They have appeared in epic BBC dramas since their RSC debut but Peter Flannery’s immortal foursome now return in an 80s-focused play

The Guardian - UK · Oct 21

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The Independent: 40 years in 40 front pages

INDEPENDENT AT 40: As The Independent celebrates its 40th anniversary, we take a look back at four decades of free thinking front pages

The Independent UK · Oct 16

Why is Scotland so difficult for UK prime ministers to visit?

UK PRIME ministers heading north of the Border have not always been guaranteed a warm welcome. With Andy Burnahm set to visit this week, we look back at previous visits from leaders in Westminster

The National (Scotland) · Oct 13

One thing must now be clear to Andy Burnham. The rightwing press is on a war footing – and he’s the enemy

Farage was its champion, now it’s Badenoch – and the aim is the PM’s defeat at all costs, says Guardian columnist Jane Martinson

The Guardian - UK · Oct 13

Danny Boyle says he struggled to fund film about Rupert Murdoch and Larry Lamb

Based on the James Graham play, Ink is about the rise of The Sun newspaper following a partnership between the two media executives.

Evening Standard · Oct 9

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Can Kemi Badenoch save the Tories with Thatcherism 2.0?

IN THE ROOM: Kemi Badenoch’s homage to Margaret Thatcher may have impressed her party – but can nostalgia bring in voters? Report by Maja Anushka

The Independent UK · Oct 8

Kemi Badenoch to fight Labour's 'tax grab' on London with cuts to levies on homes and inheritance

‘There's a view on the Left, which is basically that everything you've got is up for grabs by the taxman,’ say the Conservatives

Evening Standard · Oct 7

Badenoch says Tories will ‘battle for soul of nation’ in tax-cutting speech

Kemi Badenoch will warn that ‘something is going to break’ without better growth.

Evening Standard · Oct 6

Next election will be ‘battle for the soul of the nation’, Badenoch to say

The Opposition leader will warn that ‘something is going to break’ without better growth in the UK.

Evening Standard · Oct 6

Voices: What Jeffrey Archer told me about injustice while in prison

TRIBUTE: Poverty, bankruptcy, prison, peerage, fame, fortune, disgrace and rehabilitation: Jeffrey Archer lived a life as dramatic and with as many twists as his novels. Geordie Greig remembers him.

The Independent UK · Oct 6

Burnham’s surprise EU-turn could deliver the Tories from a generational mess

Badenoch would never have reopened the door on Brexit, but now that the PM has, it suits the Conservatives to let him walk through it, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK · Oct 6

Bestselling author of 'Kane and Abel,' Jeffrey Archer, dies at 86

Jeffrey Archer: Bestselling British novelist and former politician Jeffrey Archer died peacefully at his home at the age of 86. His death occurred just a day before the global release of his final novel titled Adam and Eve. Archer, who sold over 300 million books worldwide, experienced significant political highs…

The Economic Times · Oct 6

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Evening Standard · Oct 5

Jeffrey Archer, 86, dies 'suddenly and peacefully at his home' after completing final novel

Jeffrey Archer, 86, died ‘suddenly and peacefully at his home between writing sessions,’ his publisher confirmed

The Independent UK · Oct 5

Bridget Phillipson accuses Badenoch of wanting to scrap the minimum wage

The Labour chair reignited a feud with Kemi Badenoch after highlighting comments in the Tory leader’s The Right Way pamphlet

The Guardian - UK · Oct 5

The Guardian view on Tory economics: Britain’s future needs more than Thatcher’s past

Editorial: The Conservatives blame their failures on abandoning their 1976 principles. But the country needs investment and resilience rather than another round of spending cuts

Evening Standard · Oct 4

Tories will win the next election with new political bible, Badenoch claims

Tory leader Mrs Badenoch cast her party as a ‘new’ Conservative outfit to that which lost the last election, as she opened its annual gathering.

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The Guardian - UK · Oct 3

Tories plan to extend cuts beyond £47bn previously pledged, leak reveals

Exclusive: Shadow chancellor Andrew Griffith told party members last year he had discussed making further savings if they win next election

The Guardian - UK · Oct 3

Manchester City’s guilty verdict brings football’s great sell-off crashing to earth

On the day Andy Burnham spoke of the wrong turn Britain took under Thatcher, football was facing a day of reckoning over its own story of corporate acquisition

The Guardian - UK · Oct 2

Jim McCahy obituary

Other lives: Headteacher who made inroads on truancy at Archbishop Whiteside school in Liverpool

The Guardian - UK · Oct 1

Rightwing economic myths could derail Burnham’s project – to destroy them, look to Keynes

Borrowing can be good, there is no such thing as the ‘nation’s credit card’, and, yes, you can buck the markets – as previous governments have shown, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott

Evening Standard · Sep 30

OPINION - Burnham’s big speech was long on emotion, short on details

For those of us old enough to remember the fun days of Margaret Thatcher, this week has had the invigorating element of déjà vu. The Prime Minister’s speech about renationalising utilities, taking homes off neglectful landlords, establishing a National Care Service, tackling the triple lock, electoral reform and, possibly, reversing…

The Independent UK · Sep 29

Tearful Andy Burnham pledges to revive Britain

The prime minister pledged to end the ‘wrong direction’ of the country brought on by Margaret Thatcher, as he vowed to scrap the triple lock on pensions and explore closer ties with Europe in a rousing Labour conference speech

The Independent UK · Sep 29

Burnham has just delivered the most revolutionary vision of any PM since Thatcher

ANALYSIS: When Andy Burnham said he wanted to tear up the last 40 years of political consensus he meant it, says political editor David Maddox

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