1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (105+ words) Sunday 13 September 2026 Get close to Europe Ditch the pension triple lock Cap social care costs Commit to Jodrell Bank, Burnham challenged as future called into question again ‘Something’s got to give’: TUC boss calls for windfall tax on tech giants…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (360+ words) Sunday 13 September 2026 Amid all the fuss about the UK’s borrowing costs and high gilt yields, my mind goes back to 1976 and the time when the Labour chancellor Denis Healey was forced to go “cap in hand” to the International Monetary…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (808+ words) Sunday 13 September 2026 In October 2023, the founder of Palantir, Peter Thiel, took to the stage at Oxford University’s Sheldonian theatre to deliver a lecture about his book The Diversity Myth. Sitting in the front row was James Orr, an academic and,…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (320+ words) Sunday 13 September 2026 Miliband’s critics have advanced many arguments, but two are particularly important. The first is that sanctions against certain Israeli citizens or settlements are antisemitic or would lead to increased antisemitism. To accept this claim would be to give…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (211+ words) Sunday 13 September 2026 Mr Farage is alarmingly dependent on mega-donors, but he’s not alone. In the run-up to the last election, Frank Hester and his healthcare technology company, TPP, together gave the Conservative party more than £20m. Labour’s most generous benefactor is…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (797+ words) Sunday 13 September 2026 Hundreds of protesters gathered in Portsmouth yesterday to express their frustration at what they claim is a broken migration system. The Portsmouth Patriots said the turnout was their largest so far for a march, which came after a…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (690+ words) Sunday 6 September 2026 Patrick Kidd’s informative article on homelessness (“Burnham’s pledge to end homelessness raises concerns over early prison release and Manchester record”, 23 August) explains how, if the prime minister is serious about ending rough sleeping, he must tackle the problem…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (415+ words) Sunday 6 September 2026 Claim. Nigel Farage, Reform leader: “The party has done nothing wrong… Reform has broken no law.” Reality. The Channel 4 News allegations concerning possible foreign donations may involve breaches of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000, according to…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (524+ words) Saturday 5 September 2026 The British Chambers of Commerce is calling on the government to cut employer national insurance contributions for all under-25s in the budget next month – a measure it says will help tackle youth employment and generate higher growth. In…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (287+ words) Tuesday 1 September 2026 Mia Hansson, 52, works on her replica of the Bayeux tapestry from the corner of her sofa while watching crime dramas, she says, and embroiders it freehand. It has been 10 years in the making so far. “I measured it…...