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David Cameron faces Tory rebellion over bid to curb Lords' powers
David Davis warned that "at least a dozen" Conservative would oppose ending the upper chamber's veto over secondary legislation. When the House of Lords defeated the government over tax credits, the...
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The NS Podcast #128: Christmas Special 2015
The New Statesman Podcast. We review the year in politics, and ask the most important of questions: what is your favourite siege? Plus, a festive Joke of the Week. (Helen Lewis, Stephen Bush, George...
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Christmas cards from Jeremy Corbyn, David Cameron, and all your other...
Cycles and suits. It's what Christmas is all about. Wooing voters and posing awkwardly with your quietly seething wife. Introducing this year's batch of politicians' Christmas cards! David...
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Corbyn might want “a world of peace” but hermit security is not an option for...
Approaching every conflict with fixed, preconceived notions doesn't just reduce the complexity of foreign policy to student slogans - it's dangerous, too. Writing in the Wall Street Journal after the...
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Full employment is a tenet of classic social democracy – but is it still...
How does a modern Labour party reframe the issue of work so that it is sustainable and sustaining in the face of technological change? As recent events in UK politics have demonstrated, we are in an...
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Tom Watson bids to reclaim personal liberty for the left
Labour's deputy leader tells David Cameron: "We own liberty just as much as he does, indeed more so". Since returning to power as a majority government, free of the Liberal Democrats, the...
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Douglas Carswell brings Ukip's splits into the open
By calling for a "fresh face", Ukip's only MP has brought questions about the leader's competence into public view. Douglas Carswell has told the BBC that Nigel Farage must step down as leader, saying...
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How modern life distorts the way we speak English
When did all shop assistants start asking, “Are you all right there?” And can I blame Simon Cowell for the indiscriminate use of "passionate"? The whirring ATM machine fails to produce the money I...
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Morning Call: The best from Gibraltar
A selection of the best articles about politics, business and life on the Rock from the last seven days. Gibraltar’s laws about the conduct of the armed forces may be due for a bit of an extension as...
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The Lords need reform - not a power grab by the government
George Osborne identified the problem - but the government hasn't provided the solution, says Katie Ghose. On the last day of Parliament in 2015, Lord Strathclyde has published his review into...
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Ensuring the security of our health data
Health-care tech and data analysis offer huge potential to the National Health Service but they also come with risks. However, while the concerns raised about security are valid, they are not...
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Watch: David Dimbleby's mockery of Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg for being posh...
The Question Time presenter's son was at Eton too. Never let it be said that British politics is a haven of privileged white middle-aged men slapping each other's backs. For BBC's Question Time last...
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The Lucy Allan affair shows why we need strong trade unions
Accidentally, this Conservative MP has made a better case for workplace rights than anyone else. I used to work on a temporary contract. I used to work on a zero hours contract. I had no basic...
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We should all celebrate the Christian story, whether or not we are believers
The lessons of Christmas, Michael Gove's quest for justice and how the French blocked Le Pen. Forgive my scepticism, but I shall not spend my Christmas celebrating the climate-change deal agreed in...
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Are Jeremy Corbyn's supporters really that sexist?
It’s still not, I suppose, impossible that Corbyn supporters are just inherently more misogynistic than other people. Even if it was the case, could we really blame him personally, when he’s never done...
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Suspend your Scroogery – charities aren’t flush with cash, they pay for...
The unfortunate truth is that charities have become a victim of the government’s continued mania for outsourcing. It’s the season of giving, and last week several newspapers decided to mark the...
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In The Danish Girl, Eddie Redmayne plays Lili Elbe with only one facial...
The Danish Girl hasn't a clue about its own protagonist. Plus: Joy and Sisters reviewed. If excitement could be converted into quality, Star Wars: the Force Awakens (12A) would be so incredible that no...
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Jeremy Corbyn warns Labour councils not to set "no cuts" budgets
Leader says that local authorities must comply with legal requirement for balanced finances. In 1985, after the Thatcher government capped councils' spending, 15 Labour-led authorities responded by...
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Restorative justice can be life-changing - but it's under threat
More than just money is needed to save it. In the safety of my own house, I wandered upstairs to get my gym things when I was startled to come across a burglar. Being 6 foot 4 and a regular oarsman,...
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Who is Martin Shkreli, and why is everyone glad he's been arrested?
The entrepreneur hiked up the price of an HIV-related drug by over 5,000 per cent and has now been arrested on securities fraud charges. Who is Martin Shkreli? Shkreli was anointed "Most Hated Man in...
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