Labour’s class of 2015 has arrived
How will this lost-and-found generation of MPs shape the Starmer project?
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The gruelling campaign is over. Now we have a country to sort
Also this week: Nigel Farage to be bogged down by bins and neighbour disputes, and the Euros bringing about familial…
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Labour’s next generation
Ahead of the general election, we profile 10 of the party’s brightest new candidates.
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The Tories’ self-destruction is a gift to Labour
Conservative divisions are helping to keep Keir Starmer’s party’s lead solid even as it endures its own woes.
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Labour’s uneasy victory over Gaza
Shadow cabinet ministers are asking why it took an SNP motion for the party to shift its position.
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Threats against MPs need to be taken more seriously
The dangers that MPs already faced have intensified since the Gaza war began.
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Will the plot against Rishi Sunak succeed?
The rebels plan to wage a war of attrition but they face a significant obstacle: their own colleagues.
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Exclusive: MPs to demand that David Cameron faces the Commons
The Procedure Committee is set to recommend that the Foreign Secretary be called to the Bar of the House.
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The stench of Tory decay is overwhelming
No government has ever lost so many MPs for reasons either scandalous or absurd.
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Parliament has a gambling problem
MPs must take a firmer hand on this destructive industry – and start by saying no to all those free…
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Why ministers like Michael Gove are so rare
The Levelling-Up Secretary’s apology to the Covid inquiry was the most explicit form of contrition from any government figure.
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You Ask Us: Why is Westminster full of misconduct claims?
The New Statesman team answer listener questions
The New Statesman’s right power list
The 50 most influential people shaping Britain’s conservative politics.
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Westminster does not know how to cope with a calm summer
As politics goes quiet after a decade of chaos, SW1 may find itself yearning for everything to break down again.
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Most Tory MPs will be terrified by the by-election results
Victory in Uxbridge does not compensate for the dramatic anti-government mood elsewhere in the country.
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Caught red handed
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Glenda Jackson: “It is never, ever a level playing field”
The Hampstead MP and former Oscar-winning actor on why people her age shouldn’t run politics, coming close to “castrating" her…
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The New Statesman’s left power list
The 50 most influential people shaping Britain’s progressive politics.
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Kim Leadbeater is championing a kinder, healthier politics
The Labour MP talks about the influence of her sister, Jo Cox, and making well-being a cornerstone of government policy.
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Which Tory MPs will be standing down at the next general election?
Conservatives have been spooked by Labour’s large poll leads and planned constituency boundary changes.
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