The energy brief may not traditionally be among the most coveted in the cabinet, but Miliband has ensured it gets plenty of ...

Edward Samuel Miliband beat brother David Miliband to lead the party into the 2015 general election. Remaining as MP for Doncaster North, he would eventually be asked to serve as Secretary of ...

Regular readers may recall that it is usual for this column to devote its first outing of the year to negative predictions: ...

Regular readers may recall that it is usual for this column to devote its first outing of the year to negative predictions: things that will not happen in the coming 12 months. This time, after the ...

Their point is that with so much money – over £20bn so far – going to the NHS, there is little for other departments when a lot of issues also matter to voters. It means Streeting – who is due to ...

By and large, Britain has been governed by pragmatists rather than ideologues. Pragmatism has provided a perfect environment ...

The two traditional parties of power risk humiliation if Reform UK continues to win over voters who believe the political ...

OK, I get it. It’s sleeting down ­outside and your gonads are frozen solid. You daren’t put the heating on without taking out ...

British politics can only be understood right now if one realises that Keir Starmer is presiding over a “landslide minority” government: two thirds of the seats on one third of the vote.

My two days of painstaking work had been worth it as around 70% of my wardrobe was now contained in these bags. While it was bittersweet to be saying goodbye to garments I’d collected throughout my ...

Labour has clearly settled on its stance towards China, let's give up the "audit" nonsense, writes Eliot Wilson.