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Theresa May promised more social mobility - then the Tories scrapped...
For all but the Oxbridge elite, the graduate earnings premium is fast becoming a myth. Today Theresa May's Tory Government scrapped maintenance grants. Unlike Hinkley, there is no room for a pause...
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Why South Africa’s municipal elections matter
Control of Johannesburg is at stake. On Wednesday South Africans head for the polls in an election that will shape the country for years to come. These are municipal elections, but no one is in any...
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Gas – a vital, sustainable fuel of the future
The UK’s existing gas infrastructure will heat the homes of tomorrow, says Andy Irwin, head of innovation and energy futures at Northern Gas Networks. With the debate about the future of energy...
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As loans replace student grants, the poorest graduates will leave with the...
University maintenance grants have been replaced by maintenance loans. The poorest university students in England will now graduate with the most debt. From today, maintenance grants for the poorest...
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Five years of profitable themes and stocks…
The fund’s performance over the last five years has been led by two investment themes: the rapidly ageing population in developed countries; and the rapid growth of the workforces of most emerging...
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David Cameron's honours list symbolises his failed promise of change
A prime minister who vowed to be different ended up being all too familiar. In September 2006, as Tony Blair reeled from the “cash for honours” affair, his opponent vowed to set a different standard....
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Who are the party whips, and what do they do?
What is the whips' office – and who are the Labour and Tory whips? Once, I was filling in the Times crossword when I got to "dessert; party official (4)". Because I work at the New Statesman, it was...
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Can The New European succeed as Britain’s anti-Brexit paper?
At a difficult time for the print media, temporary weekly the New European is bucking the trend. On 23 June I woke up angry. Of course, confronted with the news that Britain had narrowly voted to...
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Q&A: What is deselection, and what does it mean for Labour MPs?
Jeremy Corbyn has called for a “full and open selection process” to choose the Labour candidate in every seat for the next general election. What does deselection mean? Deselection is when a local...
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From Life Stripped Bare to Naked Attraction: why is there so much nudity on...
Can stripping off on TV make you truly happy? Channel 4 thinks it can. Nudity has become a staple of television in 2016. From the highbrow (fleeting shots of a penis in the BBC’s adaptation of War and...
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Is the BBC biased against Jeremy Corbyn? Look at the evidence
New research compared BBC and ITV coverage. Last week the Media Reform Coalition published research into the news media's treatment of Jeremy Corbyn. It was the third such report to have been...
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Who is Steven Woolfe? Meet the northern, mixed-race Ukip frontrunner
Woolfe's immigration pitch may go down better than his financial policies. Thanks to the deluge of post-Brexit news, the last time many of us heard of Ukip was the resignation of Nigel Farage. But...
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Kate Osamor MP: Jeremy Corbyn represents the working man and woman
Jeremy's policies have popular appeal - as the Owen Smith campaign shows. In May 2015, I was elected Member of Parliament for Edmonton. It was – needless to say – a disappointing election for Labour....
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As the Olympic games loom, it's time to ask the big question: which were the...
David Goldblatt's The Games is a history of the tarnished Olympics, from Avery Brundage to, yes, London 2012. Towards the end of the Second World War, Evelyn Waugh bet Randolph Churchill £20 that he...
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Could a divided Labour party lose its status as the official opposition in...
As SNP unity, and rumours of a Labour split, call the definition of “Her Majesty’s Official Opposition” into question, what actually constitutes the official opposition, and could Labour lose that...
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Why Europe must remember the Roma who died in the Second World War
There is a feeling that their suffering has been airbrushed from history – and that amenesia makes them more vulnerable to discrimination and attack today. On 2 August, the Roma commemorate...
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Nine things we learned about Jeremy Corbyn’s policy ideas from his interview...
The left wing commentator interviewed the Labour leader about his campaign and policy ideas. Following Angela Eagle’s refusal and/or inability to differentiate herself policy-wise from Jeremy Corbyn...
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Labour rebels dismiss breakaway speculation
Rather than forming an alternative parliamentary grouping, MPs say they will challenge Jeremy Corbyn again if he wins. Rarely a week passes without reports that Labour rebels are planning a split of...
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Labour's troubles "worse than the eighties": A veteran donor on the...
John Mills praised "open-minded" Owen Smith but warned against a second referendum. */ The Labour party is in a worse situation than during its decade out of power in the eighties, a veteran donor and...
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: what it gets right (and wrong) about the...
Is the new Harry Potter play canon? Your ultimate, extremely geeky, points-based guide. It’s finally here! The script of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the Harry Potter play showing now in London,...
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