Politics

Hundreds of athletes and tens of thousands of fans were in Athens in 1906. But a hugely successful Olympics has now been stricken from the records

As a result, Russia and China will be pushed closer together

They help the environment, but Brexiteers hate them because the idea came from the EU

Nice is still celebrating Bastille Day in the shadow of the 2016 terrorist truck attack

After this, they absolutely deserve to lose the election - it’s just that the world can’t afford them to do so

One day - and a couple of subtle hints - showed Europe that the grown-ups are back in charge of Britain

Days after those election gains, squabbling over PM candidates makes it look as dysfunctional as ever

Westminster’s reputation is in the gutter and the onus is on Labour to repair it

Hundreds of thousands of British overseas voters did not vote in the election despite being newly eligible - why?

Our digest of the worst of Westminster looks at GB News, Chris Philp, the Sun on Sunday and more

Mirroring updated EU product rules will cheer industry and enrage Brexiteers

Keir Starmer could have been bolder when laying out his government’s agenda - and he may come to regret it

A way to scrap this unfair, unpopular policy should have been at the heart of Labour’s King’s Speech

Discredited Vaughan Gething lost control of his own narrative

The programme has become a surpassingly saccharine exercise in shining up the superficialities of celebrity

If the Treasury published an audit of the damage done by leaving, Starmer would face a serious political problem

The root causes should be investigated as thoroughly as the attack that almost claimed Donald Trump’s life

In the footsteps of the 1942 blueprint for a new Britain, a series of essays by leading policy thinkers revisits our key challenges.. and how to fix them.

If we want a truly free society and an end to poverty, then we, and our new government, must build a country that is free from ‘Want’ 

With action rather than empty words, the new government could make Britain into a happier country, content to enjoy its advantages

The health secretary Wes Streeting has the daunting task of overhauling the NHS amid increasing financial strain

Starmer’s first steps prove to voters that he intends to use the power he’s been handed

Labour carries a heavy mantle of responsibility to this generation and those that will follow

After over a decade of painful under-investment in technology, the UK has an opportunity now to lead the world once again

The disappointing reality is that the American people won’t vote Joe Biden back into office – not being Trump won’t be enough

‘It’s coming home’ isn’t meant to be brash, it’s about hope

After the election, Rachel Reeves is in the perfect position to exert a little gentle blackmail

Despite the president’s propaganda machine, Turkish people appear confident that their democracy is strong enough to vote him out of office

French relationships with the environment are more practical compared with British attitudes, which tend to be more sentimental

Many of those who keep the wheels of Eurocracy turning get hitched in Brussels’ town hall

Multiple generations of Swedes have grown up in prosperity and security, but today they are having to imagine social collapse

The vast number of tourists make our home town unliveable