An open letter to the government from leading authors, artists and public figures By New Statesman Sally Rooney is a writer, ...

The Sally Rooney affair shows how laws meant to target terrorism now suppress the freedom to dissent By Tanjil Rashid If you ever sought out the novels of Sally Rooney in bookshops – when that was ...

New polling shows a majority of the public want to rejoin By Ethan Croft The fullest plan yet for the UK to rejoin the European Union has been published in the wake of the Prime Minister’s call for a ...

Our short-sighted pursuit of cheap goods over national security has left us dangerously exposed By Ed Conway In March 1931 John Maynard Keynes wrote an article in this magazine, then the New Statesman ...

Despite the fanfare about Burnham saving jury trials, the core of Starmer and Lammy’s proposals remain By Rachel Cunliffe Over the summer I spent a day at Highbury Magistrates’ Court, a looming ...

White House insiders reveal what they really think of Andy Burnham’s Britain By Freddie Hayward When Andy Burnham met Donald Trump in the modernist UN building beside New York’s East River on 22 ...

Sunshine and rain greeted Labour’s delegates in Liverpool for this year’s conference, literally and metaphorically. While the weather couldn’t make up its mind, the Labour Party finally did after a ...

In Swan Song, Diana’s brother claims to speak on her behalf – but his book shows how little he understood her ...

Is the Conservative Party back? The fight to be the party of the right is on By Ben Walker Reform has been on a downward slope for the best part of 2026. It’s primarily a consequence of new voters ...

The former cabinet minister on the dirty deals behind the No 10 takeover, and what Labour should do next By Ailbhe Rea On Andy Burnham’s first full day as Prime Minister, the newly sacked Darren Jones ...

Outsourced workers on publicly owned TransPennine Express will stage a walk out By Megan Kenyon Outsourced workers on publicly owned TransPennine Express are to strike during the Labour Party ...

The Prime Minister on life, fate and his plan to make Britain believe again By Tom McTague Andy Burnham finally has what he always wanted. He is only a few weeks into the job, but there is an ...