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Rachel Sylvester
Closer ties with EU become the ‘biggest prize’ for chancellor
Sun 15 Mar 2026
Philip Collins
Starmer must cling on to Jonathan Powell, who warned him Mandelson was trouble
Sun 15 Mar 2026
William Keegan
The history of energy crises in the UK has much to teach this government
Sat 14 Mar 2026
Kenan Malik
Why Labour lost the minority vote in the Gorton and Denton byelection
Sun 8 Mar 2026
The Observer Leader
Keir Starmer’s answer to Donald Trump shows principle, not pandering
Sat 7 Mar 2026
Fred Harter
Labour is in no rush to tack leftwards
Fri 6 Mar 2026
Andrew Rawnsley
Gorton and Denton will force Labour to rethink – it is no longer the only anti-Reform option
Sun 1 Mar 2026
Catherine Neilan
Labour minister resigns over secret investigation into reporters
Sat 28 Feb 2026
Catherine Neilan
Meltdown in Gorton puts wind in the sails of Labour’s immigration rebels
Sat 28 Feb 2026
Rachel Sylvester
Lucy Powell: Andy Burnham would ‘probably’ have won in Gorton and Denton
Sat 28 Feb 2026
Zack Polanski
Labour ignored voters in Gorton and Denton. We listened to them. And we won
Sat 28 Feb 2026
Xavier Greenwood
Explained: Peter Mandelson’s arrest
Mon 23 Feb 2026
Ada Barumé
“My best pal”: Mandelson and Epstein
Mon 23 Feb 2026
Rory Smith
Fear and loathing in Gorton and Denton
Sun 22 Feb 2026
Rachel Sylvester
Reforms will give Send pupils ‘support bases’ in every secondary school
Sun 22 Feb 2026
Hugh Tomlinson
Complaints resurface over Romeo’s reign of ‘terror’ in New York
Sun 22 Feb 2026
Rachel Sylvester
The women tasked with turning ‘tepid bath’ of civil service into a stream of innovation
Sun 22 Feb 2026
Lucien Young
I could manage the hell out of Waitrose
Fri 20 Feb 2026
Catherine Neilan
Labour bill doesn’t go far enough to stop foreign interference in UK politics
Mon 16 Feb 2026
Andrew Rawnsley
Keir Starmer’s leadership hangs between survival and collapse
Sun 15 Feb 2026
Rachel Sylvester
The boys’ club has collapsed. Now Labour needs to get stuff done
Sun 15 Feb 2026
Kenan Malik
Ruling on Palestine Action is a timely defence of free speech and civil liberties
Sun 15 Feb 2026
Catherine Neilan
MPs and peers complained to whips over Starmer plans to make spin doctor a lord
Sat 14 Feb 2026
Fred Harter
Starmer’s reset may push Labour leftwards
Fri 13 Feb 2026
Sam Freedman
Spooked by Reform, Labour may have cut net migration too far
Mon 9 Feb 2026
Catherine Neilan
‘I don't think Keir Starmer’s got three days’
Sun 8 Feb 2026
Rachel Sylvester
‘Fast track’ apprentices to help put a rocket under major building projects
Sun 8 Feb 2026
Rachel Sylvester
Get a grip, Labour donors warn Starmer
Sun 8 Feb 2026
Rachel Sylvester
Sadiq Khan: ‘Starmer has to stay. You wouldn’t sack a football manager after 35 minutes’
Sun 8 Feb 2026
Tom Baldwin
Mandelson's ‘crimes’ are not for Starmer to answer for
Fri 6 Feb 2026
Andrew Rawnsley
Mandelson’s leap from the Lords won’t end this crisis
Tue 3 Feb 2026
Kenan Malik
Britain’s deprived areas need attention for their own sake, not merely to beat Reform
Sun 1 Feb 2026
Vanessa Thorpe
Tom Kerridge is fighting for your pint
Sun 1 Feb 2026
Catherine Neilan
Zack Polanski cowardly for not fighting byelection, Labour says
Sun 1 Feb 2026
Andrew Rawnsley
Andy Burnham’s make-or-break choice will either crown him or sink him
Sun 25 Jan 2026
Rachel Sylvester
Prime minister urged to forge new links with EU
Sun 25 Jan 2026
Catherine Neilan
Burnham’s bid to return set to force Starmer into fight of his political life
Sat 24 Jan 2026
Catherine Neilan
MP’s resignation could clear path to Westminster for Burnham
Thu 22 Jan 2026
Will Hutton
Reeves v the OBR: what really happened
Sat 17 Jan 2026
Rachel Sylvester
Fears that algorithms are creating young terrorists shifts mood at No 10 in favour of an Australian-style ban
Sat 17 Jan 2026
William Keegan
Labour needs to rediscover that EU membership works
Fri 16 Jan 2026
Anthony Seldon
Brown, Blair, Miliband – the ghosts of Labour’s past can help secure its future
Fri 16 Jan 2026
Philip Collins
Pensioners have been cushioned for too long. It’s time for Labour to get off the sofa on welfare
Sun 11 Jan 2026
Catherine Neilan
Banning all political crypto donations will thwart hostile states, PM told
Sun 11 Jan 2026
Rachel Sylvester
Whitehall split over the special relationship – while Starmer grins and bears it
Sat 10 Jan 2026
Lucien Young
Dear Keir: If international law were a football team, I’d be at every match … but Gaza, Venezuela
Fri 9 Jan 2026
Tom Baldwin
Keir’s choice: appease Trump or put Ukraine on the line
Thu 8 Jan 2026
Tim Leunig
Starmer says more of us will feel richer this year. Most won’t
Thu 8 Jan 2026
Andrew Rawnsley
Chatter of dethroning the prime minister is easy. Doing so is much harder
Sun 4 Jan 2026
Catherine Neilan
Ten years after Brexit, we’re talking about getting closer to Europe again
Sun 4 Jan 2026
Lucien Young
Dear Keir: My resolution? Reverse my political fortunes
Sat 3 Jan 2026
John Simpson
Scrapping our roles will backfire, warn elected police chiefs
Fri 2 Jan 2026
Robert Ford
Democracy’s ‘dark matter’ will decide the future of politics
Wed 31 Dec 2025
Lucien Young
When you’re prime minister, you have 70 million backseat drivers
Tue 30 Dec 2025
John Simpson
Campaigners scent a chance to avert trail hunting ban
Sun 28 Dec 2025
Catherine Neilan
Labour averts revolt by MPs as tractor protests drive climbdown on farm tax
Sun 28 Dec 2025
Philip Collins
Starmer is a PM without a cause – he needs an epiphany
Sat 27 Dec 2025
Andrew Rawnsley
ʼTis the season to be jolly – but not for this Nobby-no-mates government
Sun 21 Dec 2025
Andrew Rawnsley
Will the leftish parties unite to stop Nigel Farage from becoming PM?
Sun 7 Dec 2025
Rachel Sylvester
Keir Starmer: ‘The Greens are anti-Nato and think it’s all right to sell drugs. That’s nuts’
Sun 7 Dec 2025
Simon Finkelstein
Don’t blame the OBR for the failures of politicians
Thu 4 Dec 2025
Rachel Sylvester
‘The cabinet is a sham’: the budget fallout shows Starmer’s authority is fading
Mon 1 Dec 2025
Andrew Rawnsley
What is the point of this Labour government? Reeves offered no compelling answer
Sun 30 Nov 2025
The Observer leader
The Observer view on the budget: Trust and the Treasury
Sun 30 Nov 2025
Rachel Sylvester
Economic with the truth: the mis-selling of the budget
Sun 30 Nov 2025
Lucien Young
People underestimate me, so I overestimate to balance things out
Sat 29 Nov 2025
Sam Freedman
Labour’s holiday homework: solve the problem of special needs education
Sat 29 Nov 2025
Tom Baldwin
The rise and fall of the superadviser, and the future of Morgan McSweeney
Sat 29 Nov 2025
Emma Haslett
High-end property market enjoys post-budget boost
Fri 28 Nov 2025
The Observer leader
Better than forecast
Thu 27 Nov 2025
Will Hutton
A tame budget with a sting in its tail
Wed 26 Nov 2025
Philip Collins
The chancellor’s speech, decoded
Wed 26 Nov 2025
Madeleine Parr
In a matter of months Your Party seems to have failed. What needs to be done to make it a viable political force?
Tue 25 Nov 2025
Andrew Rawnsley
The Lords they are a-leaping to frustrate ministers
Sun 23 Nov 2025
Ben Zaranko
Minor forecasts shouldn’t make the weather for Reeves
Sat 22 Nov 2025
Rachel Sylvester
Zack Polanski: ‘People will have to find some other way to hurt me’
Sat 22 Nov 2025
Xavier Greenwood
Shabana Mahmood has thrown a hail mary with her new asylum model
Tue 18 Nov 2025
Catherine Neilan
After the week No 10 lost control, warning that chaos is ‘probably fatal’ for Starmer
Sun 16 Nov 2025
Matthew Bishop
UK opens office to bridge impact and economy
Sun 16 Nov 2025
Rachel Sylvester
Mahmood announces new ‘safe and legal routes’ for refugees – but hardline reforms are the focus
Sun 16 Nov 2025
Andrew Rawnsley
How a cunning plan to bolster the PM backfired spectacularly
Sun 16 Nov 2025
Will Hutton
It’s time for the Treasury to take back control
Sun 16 Nov 2025
Catherine Neilan
Labour is ‘totally flapping’, say ministers after budget swerve
Fri 14 Nov 2025
Rachel Sylvester
Thousands to lose the right to trial by jury in drive to fix court logjam
Fri 14 Nov 2025
Rachel Sylvester
Briefings against the PM are more cock-up than conspiracy
Wed 12 Nov 2025
Rachel Sylvester
Reeves will raise tax to ‘transfer wealth between generations’
Sun 9 Nov 2025
Rachel Sylvester
The government has flunked its curriculum review
Wed 5 Nov 2025
Rachel Sylvester
‘A shambles’: disillusioned voters prepare for the local elections
Sun 27 Apr 2025
Rachel Sylvester
‘A shambles’: disillusioned voters prepare for the local elections
Sun 27 Apr 2025
Rachel Sylvester
‘A shambles’: voters prepare for the local elections
Sun 27 Apr 2025
Rachel Sylvester
‘This country almost needs a coup’: disillusionment rife among voters before local polls
Sun 27 Apr 2025
Peter Pomerantsev
Peter Pomerantsev: Trump and Putin want to destroy Europe
Sun 27 Apr 2025
Nick Clegg
Nick Clegg: The EU must reinvent itself... or die
Sun 27 Apr 2025
Kenan Malik
'MPs are outsourcing their morals'
Sun 27 Apr 2025
James Tapper
Tributes pour in for Virginia Giuffre, a ‘light for survivors’
Sun 27 Apr 2025
Denise Lewis
Denise Lewis: our bid for the World Athletics Championships
Sun 27 Apr 2025
Tomos Lewis
Mark Carney woos Canada with hockey and Trump defiance
Sat 26 Apr 2025
Matt Majendie
Piastri makes life awkward for Verstappen… and Norris
Sat 26 Apr 2025
David Baddiel
David Baddiel’s 13-course Sunday lunch
Fri 25 Apr 2025
