Has David Lammy Betrayed His Kurdish Friends?
Simon Childs & John Lubbock
‘Why have you thrown us under the bus for some dirty deals?’
Assisted Dying Could Make Some Lives Not Worth Living
Matty Hall
Fund hospices and social care.
Ash Sarkar Spoke to Farmers Furious at Labour’s New Tax Laws
Is this Rachel Reeves’ biggest mistake yet?
The Budget Is Socialism for the Rich, Austerity for the Poor
James Meadway
Think of the bankers.
David Lammy Sounds Increasingly Stupid for Refusing to Say ‘Genocide’
Rivkah Brown
Rohingyas yes, Palestinians no.
Rachel Reeves Has a Miracle Cure for Britain: ‘Growth’
James Meadway
A vapid obsession.
Jas Athwal Claims He Was Cleared of Sexual Assault. Was He?
Rivkah Brown
He may be fudging the facts.
Where Is the UK’s Green Jobs Revolution?
Ewan Gibbs
Not here yet, that’s for sure.
Lord Walney Keeps His Job – For Now
Simon Childs
More time to cook up weird proposals.
Labour’s Plans to Capture Carbon Are Designed for Fossil Fuel Giants, Not the Climate
Edward Donnelly
But saying so makes you a ‘drum-banging extremist’, apparently.
The Government’s ‘Progressive’ Top Lawyer Is Off to a Rocky Start
Simon Childs
Downplaying torture isn't a good look.
Why Can’t Starmer Give Up Freebies?
Ash Sarkar
Freebie jeebies.
Key Israel Arms Supplier Sponsors Labour Conference Event
Sam Bright
As bombs fall on Gaza, the New Statesman takes arms-trade money.
Labour’s Building Blitz Won’t Fix the Housing Crisis, Experts Say
Aron Penczu
Homes for the wealthy, coal for the homeless.
We Don’t Need to ‘Talk About Immigration’
Rivkah Brown
Ignore Margaret Hodge.
How the Hell Did Police Think There Would Be 100 Riots?
Simon Childs
Great job, lads.
The Government’s Impartial Trans Healthcare Reviewer Isn’t so Impartial, Colleagues Claim
Rivkah Brown
Oops.
How the British Establishment Really Works
In his latest book, ‘Good Chaps: How Corrupt Politicians Broke Our Law and Institutions’, Kuper chronicles changes in the instincts of Britain’s ruling class – and how corruption came to be increasingly normalised. What do these elites believe? When did those beliefs change? And who are the people, places and policies that led to such shifts?