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Catherine Neilan
Transparency groups demand further curbs on party coffers
Sun 29 Mar 2026
Jon Ungoed-Thomas
Leaders flip-flop over Iran war as party falls out of step with supporters
Sun 22 Mar 2026
Sam Freedman
Reform and Farage are losing support. There are two key reasons why
Sun 22 Mar 2026
Rachel Sylvester
Starmer is getting a powerful new enemy. It could be the making of him
Wed 18 Mar 2026
Barney Macintyre
As Reeves turns towards Europe, Greens start to think harder about fiscal policy
Sun 15 Mar 2026
Jon Ungoed-Thomas
Inside the Mandelson appointment scandal
Thu 12 Mar 2026
Rachel Sylvester
Britain’s nuclear deterrent isn’t independent. It’s rented from America
Wed 11 Mar 2026
Rachel Sylvester
Labour can’t afford to insult Green voters
Wed 4 Mar 2026
Ceri Thomas
The invisible man whose millions are transforming British politics
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
Rob Ford
The Greens’ win in Gorton and Denton was just the start of the record-breaking
Sat 28 Feb 2026
Ian Buruma
The age of American fascism
Sat 28 Feb 2026
Catherine Neilan
The Greens’ Gorton and Denton win may be the nail in the coffin for the two-party system
Fri 27 Feb 2026
Fred Harter
Reform’s ICE-style ‘deportation command’ would be costly and inefficient
Thu 26 Feb 2026
Rachel Sylvester
The populists have the accelerator flat on the floor. Labour must go big or go home
Wed 25 Feb 2026
Catherine Neilan
Labour bill doesn’t go far enough to stop foreign interference in UK politics
Mon 16 Feb 2026
Rachel Sylvester
The boys’ club has collapsed. Now Labour needs to get stuff done
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
William Keegan
Mandelson’s murky dealings are a warning: don’t get too chummy with the money men
Sat 14 Feb 2026
Catherine Neilan
‘I don't think Keir Starmer’s got three days’
Sun 8 Feb 2026
Rachel Sylvester
The Starmer-McSweeney alliance ends
Sun 8 Feb 2026
Catherine Neilan
The Cabinet Office failed to query Mandelson’s relationship with Epstein
Sun 8 Feb 2026
Andrew Rawnsley
The Peter Mandelson scandal has turned ‘No drama Starmer’ into a lurid soap opera
Sun 8 Feb 2026
Catherine Neilan
Lords reform to be tackled by new group of MPs
Sun 8 Feb 2026
Catherine Neilan
Gordon Brown raised concerns over hiring of Mandelson and ex-Sun editor David Dinsmore
Sun 8 Feb 2026
Andrew Hankinson
What is Dominic Cummings up to?
Sat 7 Feb 2026
Tom Baldwin
Mandelson's ‘crimes’ are not for Starmer to answer for
Fri 6 Feb 2026
Catherine Neilan
McSweeney ‘asked if Mandelson US embassy role could be part-time’
Wed 4 Feb 2026
Andrew Rawnsley
Mandelson’s leap from the Lords won’t end this crisis
Tue 3 Feb 2026
Catherine Neilan
Filibustering Lords seek to slow-talk bill to its doom
Sun 1 Feb 2026
Catherine Neilan
Zack Polanski cowardly for not fighting byelection, Labour says
Sun 1 Feb 2026
Rachel Sylvester
Chinese plan to turn UK into windfarm superpower puts Starmer visit to the test
Wed 28 Jan 2026
Catherine Neilan
Labour blocks Burnham from standing in byelection
Sun 25 Jan 2026
Andrew Rawnsley
Andy Burnham’s make-or-break choice will either crown him or sink him
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
Andrew Rawnsley
The right can’t unite. It’s now a fight to the death between the Tories and Reform
Sun 18 Jan 2026
Jon Ungoed-Thomas
Council tax hikes loom in areas run by Reform
Sun 18 Jan 2026
Catherine Neilan
Defection of ‘damaged goods’ Jenrick and Zahawi leads to grumbling in Reform
Sun 18 Jan 2026
Rachel Sylvester
Tories dodged a bullet with Jenrick defection
Fri 16 Jan 2026
Anthony Seldon
Brown, Blair, Miliband – the ghosts of Labour’s past can help secure its future
Fri 16 Jan 2026
Andrew Rawnsley
A traitor has been banished – but Jenrick sacking could haunt Tories
Thu 15 Jan 2026
Tom Baldwin
Keir’s choice: appease Trump or put Ukraine on the line
Thu 8 Jan 2026
Rachel Sylvester
Deepfakes are undermining faith in politics
Fri 2 Jan 2026
Robert Ford
Democracy’s ‘dark matter’ will decide the future of politics
Wed 31 Dec 2025
Catherine Neilan
Labour welfare split could spell the end for Starmer
Wed 24 Dec 2025
Catherine Neilan
Reform’s record £9m crypto donation is just the latest offering from abroad
Sun 7 Dec 2025
Rachel Sylvester
‘The cabinet is a sham’: the budget fallout shows Starmer’s authority is fading
Mon 1 Dec 2025
Rachel Sylvester
Economic with the truth: the mis-selling of the budget
Sun 30 Nov 2025
Emma Haslett
High-end property market enjoys post-budget boost
Fri 28 Nov 2025
Tim Leunig
Reeves’s budget is from deep within Labour’s DNA
Fri 28 Nov 2025
Catherine Neilan
More MEPs investigated over Russian bribes
Sun 23 Nov 2025
Ben Zaranko
Minor forecasts shouldn’t make the weather for Reeves
Sat 22 Nov 2025
Catherine Neilan
After the week No 10 lost control, warning that chaos is ‘probably fatal’ for Starmer
Sun 16 Nov 2025
Catherine Neilan
Labour is ‘totally flapping’, say ministers after budget swerve
Fri 14 Nov 2025
Rachel Sylvester
Briefings against the PM are more cock-up than conspiracy
Wed 12 Nov 2025
The Observer leader
The budget should put the public first
Sat 8 Nov 2025
Andrew Rawnsley
The tide may soon turn for Rachel Reeves
Tue 4 Nov 2025
Rachael Healy
Polanski’s social media strategy woos the young
Sun 2 Nov 2025
James Tapper
Tory deportation policy could lose them loyal voters
Sun 2 Nov 2025
Catherine Neilan
Doge-style cost-cutting units ‘haven’t found any waste’
Sun 26 Oct 2025
Catherine Neilan
Two elections, two stories – and neither good for Labour
Sun 26 Oct 2025
Catherine Neilan
Plaid Cymru topples Labour in historic byelection
Fri 24 Oct 2025
Catherine Neilan
‘Jail is inevitable’ for politician awaiting bribery sentence
Thu 23 Oct 2025
Catherine Neilan
‘They lost their bottle’: why China spy case never reached courts
Sun 19 Oct 2025
John Caudwell
Britain deserves better than net zero gamesmanship
Thu 16 Oct 2025
Catherine Neilan
First crypto donation to major UK party
Sat 11 Oct 2025
Rachel Sylvester
Kemi who? Time is running out for Badenoch
Sun 5 Oct 2025
Catherine Neilan
‘Nine-jobs Nigel’: Farage denies not declaring extra earnings
Sat 4 Oct 2025
Jon Ungoed-Thomas
Reform councils axing net zero targets
Fri 3 Oct 2025
Andrew Rawnsley
Starmer played the patriot card – but in a hand with no aces
Tue 30 Sept 2025
Rachel Sylvester
The PM’s future rests in the chancellor’s hands
Mon 29 Sept 2025
Rachel Sylvester
Starmer to unveil ‘patriotic’ plan for next generation of new towns
Sun 28 Sept 2025
Rachel Sylvester
‘We’ve got to steady our nerves’
Sun 28 Sept 2025
Donald Macintyre
The left’s expensive, secret power couple
Thu 25 Sept 2025
Ben Zaranko
Remember, remember Liz Truss this November
Wed 24 Sept 2025
James Tapper
Zarah Sultana calls in lawyers as row deepens with Jeremy Corbyn over new party
Sun 21 Sept 2025
John Simpson
Fears grow over far right’s embrace of crypto
Sun 21 Sept 2025
Rachel Sylvester
Starmer ready to seize initiative in race against time to save leadership
Sun 21 Sept 2025
Catherine Neilan
Tories are ‘over’, says MP Kruger as he defects to Reform
Mon 15 Sept 2025
Rachel Wolf
Nigel Farage is wary of the far right, and with good reason
Sun 14 Sept 2025
Catherine Neilan
Troubled Starmer ‘reeks of defeat’ after Mandelson fiasco
Sun 14 Sept 2025
Catherine Neilan
Mandelson saga casts shadow over Trump’s UK trip
Sun 14 Sept 2025
Catherine Neilan
Calls for Peter Mandelson to face inquiry over meeting with government minister
Sat 13 Sept 2025
Catherine Neilan
Reform conference sponsors may have breached company law
Thu 11 Sept 2025
Lily Isaacs
Charlie Kirk built a career on political outrage – but outrage must not lead to violence
Thu 11 Sept 2025
Catherine Neilan
Eccles ‘tactical bellwether’ in 2029 fight against Reform
Thu 11 Sept 2025
Jon Ungoed-Thomas
My home in Clacton is my partner’s, says Farage
Mon 8 Sept 2025
Rachel Sylvester
Starmer’s plan to house asylum seekers on MoD land
Sun 7 Sept 2025
Catherine Neilan
Covid jab may have caused royal cancers, says Reform speaker
Sun 7 Sept 2025
Rachel Sylvester
Keir Starmer ushers in a new cabinet of trusted ‘fixers and doers’
Sun 7 Sept 2025
Rachel Sylvester
‘Keironomics’ marks start of Whitehall reshaping of state
Sat 6 Sept 2025
Steve Bloomfield
Since when did the Foreign Office become a demotion?
Sat 6 Sept 2025
Rachel Sylvester
PM enlists Whitehall fixer and top economist to bolster team
Sat 30 Aug 2025
Rachel Sylvester
Donors desert Starmer over first-year failures
Sat 30 Aug 2025
Catherine Neilan
There’s gold in bullion adverts for fill-your-boots Farage
Sun 24 Aug 2025
Jon Ungoed-Thomas
E-scooters are too fast for kids. Casualties are soaring
Sun 27 Apr 2025
Jessy Parker Humphreys
Can this £285 super shoe make you a faster runner?
Sun 27 Apr 2025
