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Welcome to Italy
Sun 17 May 2026
Catherine Neilan
MPs may be forced to register pre-election donations in wake of Farage’s undeclared £5m gift
Sun 17 May 2026
Rachel Sylvester
Shabana Mahmood steps into the spotlight as Labour’s ‘kingmaker’ in looming leadership battle
Sun 17 May 2026
Rachel Sylvester
What divides and unites Wes Streeting and Andy Burnham?
Sun 17 May 2026
Will Hutton
Andy Burnham’s ‘full fat’ social democracy must face the reality of the bond markets
Sun 17 May 2026
Andrew Rawnsley
Keir Starmer’s last few days have resembled not so much Macbeth as The Comedy of Errors
Sun 17 May 2026
Ben Zaranko
The battle for the future of Labour’s economic vision has begun
Sun 17 May 2026
Jon Ungoed-Thomas
Crypto tycoon Ben Delo heads home to UK to fund Reform after ‘tinpot’ donations cap by Labour
Sun 17 May 2026
Hannah Schuller
Labour’s membership has changed since Corbyn
Sun 17 May 2026
Catherine Neilan
The gentleman is for turning: Farage changes story over £5m donation as investigation launched
Sun 17 May 2026
Tom Baldwin
Shattered allegiances and broken friendships litter the streets of Westminster
Sun 17 May 2026
Rachel Sylvester
‘Britain’s future lies with Europe’: Streeting vows to make rejoining EU key goal if he becomes PM
Sun 17 May 2026
Steve Bloomfield
Saying we will rejoin the EU is easy but there is no ‘back to 2016’ button
Sun 17 May 2026
Catherine Neilan
Makerfield byelection could be ‘wild West’ of campaign financing
Sun 17 May 2026
Catherine Neilan
Nigel Farage facing threat of double investigation into billionaire backer’s £5m gift
Wed 13 May 2026
Rachel Sylvester
It’s over for Keir Starmer – how has it come to this?
Tue 12 May 2026
Andy Haldane
The devolution revolution needs to be more than just a catchy slogan in order to unlock growth
Mon 11 May 2026
Catherine Neilan
Starmer's make-or-break speech triggers wave of MPs calling for him to go
Mon 11 May 2026
Catherine Neilan
Streeting and Rayner in standoff ahead of crunch week for Starmer
Mon 11 May 2026
Catherine Neilan
Voters react angrily to Reform UK's polling day newspaper takeovers
Sun 10 May 2026
Rachel Sylvester
Politics is trumping economics in the battle for growth
Sun 10 May 2026
Rob Ford
Reform’s march heralds political fragmentation as two-party system pushed to brink
Sun 10 May 2026
Anthony Seldon
Starmer is right to bring back the Labour heavyweights to save his premiership
Sun 10 May 2026
The Observer view
Starmer should stay
Sun 10 May 2026
David Aaronovitch
From crypto-millions to TikTok charm: the new face of British populism
Sun 10 May 2026
Andrew Rawnsley
Smashed and pulverised: Labour faces an existential crisis after election wipeout
Sun 10 May 2026
John Simpson
‘Extremist’ Reform candidates elected to councils across country
Sun 10 May 2026
Catherine Neilan
Farage could face byelection over crypto king’s £5m donation
Sat 9 May 2026
Rachel Sylvester
Keir Starmer: I want a decade in Downing Street to renew Britain
Sat 9 May 2026
Catherine Neilan
Nigel Farage hails ‘historic political change’ as Reform surge masks internal fears and paranoia
Sat 9 May 2026
Andrew Rawnsley
Video: a truly, madly, deeply bad day for Labour
Sat 9 May 2026
Peter Hain
Welsh Labour has paid the price for ignoring its withered roots
Fri 8 May 2026
Melanie Reid
SNP holds on to power as Scots stay home for ‘meh’ election
Fri 8 May 2026
Rachel Sylvester
Judgment day is here, for Keir Starmer and his critics alike
Thu 7 May 2026
Catherine Neilan
Questions raised about ‘security risk’ to Farage in row over £5m gift from crypto tycoon
Sun 3 May 2026
Rachel Sylvester
‘You’re a mug for playing by the rules’: disillusioned voters split left and right
Sun 3 May 2026
Catherine Neilan
Police assessing evidence on £100k donations made to Robert Jenrick
Sun 3 May 2026
Rob Ford
Britain’s fragmented future: why this year’s local elections will be the messiest yet
Sun 3 May 2026
Giles Whittell
A famous fishmonger says politicians aren’t reading the room, just like ten years ago
Fri 1 May 2026
