Unite canvass members on cutting ties with Labour LABOUR faces losing its biggest union backer as reps are being canvassed on cutting ties with the party, The National can reveal. The National (Scotland) · Jul 18, 2025
Who is Rachel Reeves' sister? Meet the Labour MP Ellie Reeves Ellie Reeves is a Labour MP and the sister of UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves Evening Standard · Jul 3, 2025
Reeves Grapples with Welfare Crisis: Concessions Spark Calls for a Sweeping System Revamp Chancellor Rachel Reeves faces a backlash over £5 billion welfare cuts, offering £3 billion in concessions to quell rebels. Is a full welfare system revamp the answer? International Business Times UK · Jul 2, 2025
Voices: Look away, Sir Keir! Labour’s bible has given its verdict on you COMMENT: The New Statesman’s new editor is a critical friend of the prime minister – very critical, as it turns out, writes John Rentoul (a former deputy editor of the magazine) The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2025
Labour peer calls for ‘arrogant’ attorney general to be sacked Blue Labour founder Maurice Glasman also calls Richard Hermer a ‘progressive fool’ in New Statesman interview The Guardian - UK · Feb 10, 2025
Scottish Labour top brass brand Keir Starmer's government 'shitshow' – reports SENIOR Scottish Labour figures believe the party’s first seven months in power have been a “shitshow”, reports say ... The National (Scotland) · Feb 7, 2025
Who is Torsten Bell? The new pensions minister pegged as Britain's future chancellor From being one half of Britain’s most influential political twin duo, to his role in the infamous ‘EdStone’, Emma Loffhagen reports on Torsten Bell, the former think tank director promoted to pensions minister Evening Standard · Jan 16, 2025
Britain 'might' be taken over by populist nationalists if I fail, says Keir Starmer ‘Do not think for a minute that it could never happen here,’ he told guests at a party last night Evening Standard · Jul 23, 2024
'It is false': Wife of Noam Chomsky says reports of linguist's death are untrue NOAM Chomsky’s wife says reports that the famed linguist and activist had died are untrue. The National (Scotland) · Jun 19, 2024
Noam Chomsky's wife says reports of 95-year-old activist's death are false Chomsky is seen by many as a global symbol of protest and independence Evening Standard · Jun 19, 2024
Noam Chomsky’s wife debunks ‘false’ reports of famed linguist’s death Noam Chomsky’s wife, Valeria Wasserman Chomsky, says reports that the famed linguist and activist had died are untrue The Independent UK · Jun 18, 2024
‘He made every sentence electric’: Martin Amis remembered by Tina Brown, his old friend and devoted editor He called her Tiny. She called him Bruno. In this speech from today’s memorial service to the novelist, the legendary magazine editor celebrates her cocky, beguiling and witheringly funny star writer The Guardian - UK · Jun 10, 2024
Pat Coyne obituary Other lives: Publisher who spent a turbulent period in the early 1990s as chief executive of New Statesman magazine The Guardian - UK · Jun 10, 2024
Where to start with: Buchi Emecheta The Nigerian author of Second Class Citizen wrote from real-life experience about the universal problems of poverty and oppression that could be the burdens of women everywhere The Guardian - UK · Mar 20, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Jan 24, 2024 Britain’s richest 10% don’t think they’re wealthy – and that’s disastrous in the fight against inequality Labour’s plan to charge private schools VAT has caused predictable uproar and revealed skewed perceptions of wealth, says the New Statesman’s Anoosh Chakelian
Evening Standard · Jan 5, 2024 Derek Draper: the man he was before his tragic Covid battle A 'ruthless' political lobbyist, a 'huge character' and the love of Kate Garraway's life. Emma Loffhagen looks back on the life of Derek Draper
The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2023 Andrew Lumsden obituary Journalist and leading gay rights campaigner who helped set up Gay News and the first Pride march in 1972
The Guardian - UK · Nov 8, 2023 Benjamin Myers wins 2023 Goldsmiths prize for ‘vital’ novel Cuddy Award for mould-breaking fiction goes to multi-genre work – ‘part poetry, part electricity’ – retelling the story of Durham Cathedral
The Guardian - UK · Oct 28, 2023 Loud and uncowed: how UnHerd owner Paul Marshall became Britain’s newest media mogul UnHerd has quickly become one of the biggest sites for political commentary in the UK, and now the hedge fund founder behind it – who also funds GB News and donates to the Tories – is trying to add the Telegraph to a fast-growing empire. What does he really want?
The National (Scotland) · Sep 26, 2023 Labour bid 'to block debates on Brexit and two-child cap at conference' LABOUR are facing stiff criticism amid reports that internal rules will be tweaked to block grassroots attempts to discuss issues such…
The Guardian - UK · Sep 26, 2023 From the brains behind Brexit: an HS2 for the north that doesn’t actually go there The Conservatives have turned a promising national upgrade into an absurdity, says writer and journalist Jonn Elledge
The Guardian - UK · Sep 4, 2023 In the Ditch by Buchi Emecheta review – ‘a documentary novel’ from the 1970s Reissued as a Penguin Classic, the late Nigerian-born novelist’s debut work evokes life at the mercy of the welfare state in London with a sharp and wry eye
The Week · Aug 31, 2023 Why are so many local councils on the brink of bankruptcy? As many as 30 councils are at risk of bankruptcy and the UK’s local government funding system is “completely broken”, according to a new survey of the sector.
The Guardian - UK · Aug 18, 2023 Former newspaper editor given suspended sentence for viewing child sexual abuse Peter Wilby, former editor of the Independent on Sunday, had more than 100 indecent images of children on his computer
The National (Scotland) · Aug 17, 2023 UK Health Secretary's former aide calls for 'full privatisation' of NHS A FORMER aide to Health Secretary Steve Barclay has called for the “full privatisation” of the NHS.