The rules of leadership contests are strange, and can be decisive ...

New polling exposes weaknesses in “brand Farage”. Nigel Farage and Reform UK are a real threat to Labour and the Conservatives alike. We’ve heard a lot about the strengths of the challenger party – ...

Could Labour drive us to rejoin the EU? By Anand Menon “This Labour government will be defined by rebuilding our relationship with Europe, by putting Britain at the heart of Europe.” To prove his ...

The London mayor on Labour’s “catastrophic” results in the capital, and the Chancellor’s “doom and gloom” putting off ...

All parties when they govern are effectively a coalition”, said David Lammy on Thursday night, when the deputy PM was in the ...

Follow our interactive map as we update it throughout with the latest results By Ben Walker Use the toggle at the bottom-left of the map to switch between views of the previous winners and the 2026 ...

New polling casts doubts on Labour plans to win over Nigel Farage’s voters By Bartholomew Roberts When Lucy Powell was elected Deputy Leader of the Labour Party in October 2025 she said: “We won’t win ...

Two-thirds fear billionaire’s personal payment buys “inappropriate” political influence By Anoosh Chakelian More than two-thirds of the British public (68 per cent) are concerned that the £5m Nigel ...

The UK is deploying facial recognition and AI tools at scale. The law is playing catch up By Rhi Storer In April, the Home Office announced £115m of new funding to create the “Police.AI” centre. Its ...

The results of the May elections look set to be record-breaking By Ben Walker To understand the scale of Labour’s problem in 2026, you only need to look at 2025. Polling in the mid-20s, the party went ...

The cover of Russell Brand’s How to Become a Christian in 7 Days features a swarm of flies, corralled into the shape of the cross. It is a curious choice, given that in the Bibl ...

Young women – today and always – are less susceptible to delusions of grandeur At Britain’s premier defence conference, death is in demand Also: an epitaph for our times, and a novel way to read the ...