The Green Party’s Zionism reckoning
At the Green Party conference, party members backed a motion to describe Zionism as racism. Zack Polanski, currently campaigning in the Holb...
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Is Burnham brave or naive?
At this week’s Labour conference, Andy Burnham announced bigger and bolder policy ambitions than anyone expected. Was this too big a swing?...
Burnham delivers packed conference speech
Labour Conference 2026 draws to a close with Andy Burnham's speech. The PM's announcements included scrapping the triple lock pension, elect...
Has Andy Burnham reached his peak?
The Chancellor gives his conference speech just four weeks before his first budget and Andy Burnham proposes a national care service in Engl...
Is Ed Davey too nice?
The rise of balaclava Britain, Kemi Badenoch’s billionaire baloney and Donald Trump’s AI rebrand. Anoosh Chakelian and Will Dunn discuss the...
Has power changed Andy Burnham?
For this week’s New Statesman, our Politics Show stars have been busy interviewing some key players in the past year of Labour turmoil. Ailb...
Will AI kill us all?
Are tech companies turning apocalypse into profit? In 2022, we were all having fun with a new chatbot called ChatGPT. Meanwhile, ministers a...
Burnham's political donations headache
Reform UK received two £36 million donations from crypto billionaire Ben Delo. This has sent shockwaves through Westminster and thrown the q...
Farage’s fan club doesn’t care about scandal
The fallout from Reform’s latest scandal, John Healey’s first major speech as Chancellor and Ukraine’s plan to tax porn stars. Anoosh Chakel...
Ed Miliband resets relations with Israel
Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband has unveiled the biggest reset in UK relations with Israel for decades, and, in typical fashion, is putting hi...
Andy Burnham can’t explain the economy
Labour’s missing money metaphor, the millionaires still getting benefits and Dyson’s £420 toothbrush. Anoosh Chakelian is joined by Will Dun...
Burnham vs Badenoch: PMQs, round one
This week was Andy Burnham’s first in the Commons as Prime Minister, facing his inaugural head to head with Kemi Badenoch at PMQs. As for th...
How can the UK protect its historic buildings from climate change?
As the UK faces hotter summers, wetter winters and more unpredictable weather, its historic buildings will need to adapt. But how can Britai...
The investigation into “Farage Fest”
The investigation into Nigel’s “Farage Fest” election party, Andy Burnham’s Ukrainian jam session and Pope Leo XIV making it onto Vanity Fai...
Zack Polanski's honeymoon is over
It’s nearly a year since Zack Polanski took the reins of the Green party. In many ways the party has never been so successful – with five MP...
How will Burnham navigate the North Sea?
One of the first big decisions of Andy Burnham’s premiership is looming: whether to drill for North Sea oil and gas. Labour made a manifesto...
Is the UK really poorer than Mississippi?
What constitutes a wealthy society, Richard Tice saying we should “enjoy” climate change and the clamour around Harry and Meghan’s return to...
Will Andy Burnham call an early election?
On the one hand, Burnham may never be as popular as he is now. On the other, the PM could lose an election if he calls it soon, bringing his...
What should the UK do with its unrecyclable waste?
The UK still sends millions of tonnes of waste to landfill, creating environmental risks while losing resources that could be put to better...
Reform's big benefits gamble
After its victory in Clacton, Reform has announced plans to slash the welfare state. Over the weekend, Robert Jenrick claimed a Reform gover...