Voting opens in high stakes Holborn and St Pancras byelection
Voting has opened in the Holborn and St Pancras byelection, a contest seen as a key gauge of Andy Burnham’s ability to energise voters and whether Zack Polanski’s Greens can…
UK Conservative leader says the party is reviving and rules out a pact with Farage’s Reform UK
The leader of Britain’s opposition Conservative Party said Wednesday that the Tories are on the path back to power, rejecting the idea of an alliance with rival right-of-center party Reform…
Healey under pressure from Labour MPs to hit billionaires with private jet tax
The Independent has seen a cross party letter from 40 MPs, including a number of Labour MPs, arguing that the tax is fair and closes a loophole Pressure is mounting…
Country diary: The changing face of stubble fields, those shortcuts of my youth | Nicola Chester
Stubble fields, those post-harvest acres of short straws, seem to be lasting longer into the season, as farmers respond to changing practices. I have a wistful attachment to stubble fields:…
Beware rightwing economic myths such as ‘maxing out the nation’s credit card’ | Letters
Larry Elliott’s column on the rightwing economic myths constraining Andy Burnham’s government should be required reading before John Healey’s budget (Rightwing economic myths could derail Burnham’s project – to destroy…
George Galloway contests London byelection without setting foot in UK
George Galloway has been elected seven times to parliament, but his attempt to succeed for an eighth this week, in the London seat formerly held by Keir Starmer, is undoubtedly…
Badenoch’s inheritance tax gambit makes no economic sense | Heather Stewart
Kemi Badenoch’s inheritance tax gambit is a Conservative classic. After all, it was George Osborne’s high-profile pledge to “take the family home out of inheritance tax” in 2007 that put…
‘People are scared of her, to be honest’: Kemi Badenoch remakes Tories in her image
Kemi Badenoch has long said that the Conservatives were “under new management”, but in a TV interview to mark the end of a party conference at which she has been…
‘Palestinians will bear the cost’: UK consulate in East Jerusalem prepares to shut its doors
The UK consulate in East Jerusalem gave few signs it was at the centre of a geopolitical controversy this week, with little movement around the high-walled building save the fluttering…
Labour could oversee worst parliament on record for living standards, study warns
Soaring energy and housing costs mean Labour is on course to preside over the worst parliament for living standards in modern times, a stark analysis warns. Three weeks ahead of…