What the Liberal Democrats are planning in the “Blue Wall”
The party believes it can make major gains in the Conservative south at a local and a parliamentary level.
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How much austerity are the Conservatives prepared to impose?
The planned cut to Universal Credit will be a test of the Tories’ willingness to make painful spending reductions.
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Why Keir Starmer is suddenly focusing on Northern Ireland
The Labour leader's two-day visit marks an end to the party's relative silence on Brexit.
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What Labour’s Batley and Spen win means for Keir Starmer’s leadership
Stephen Bush explains why Starmer's leadership was never in danger – even if Labour had lost in Batley and Spen.
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Why Covid-19 means it will still be impossible for the economy to return to “normal”
You cannot have “normal” economic activity if millions of workers and customers are required to self-isolate.
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Why Boris Johnson’s unlocking plan is such a risk
The Prime Minister has set himself at odds with scientific advice and public opinion.
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How the Covid-19 unlocking could further divide the UK
Mask-wearing could become a visible symbol that Scotland and England do things differently.
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Diane Abbott: “I wouldn’t do to Keir what the right of the party did to Jeremy”
In an interview with the New Statesman, the former shadow home secretary says she has “not been calling for a challenge to…
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