Politics

Our armed forces are not fit for purpose. Here’s how to fix them

During a recent book event with school children in Glasgow, the issue didn't register highly on their radar

If Rachel Reeves wants to be a truly reforming chancellor, she should embrace a more radical approach to accounting

Many of us are hoping the prime minister's policy doesn't stray from pragmatic to heavy-handed

I may not be a fan of Oasis, but people’s excitement about their reunion is infectious

Siena’s chaotic horse race is over in a minute and a half, but the plotting goes on all year round

Without a dominant culture, it appears everyone can fit in in Brussels

With so many plates spinning, John Swinney must now hope they don’t all come crashing down

The country has seen months of increasing political tensions paired with rising temperatures

Dani Karavan's Passages honours the memory of Walter Benjamin, who took his own life in Portbou when faced with being handed over to the Gestapo

After 25 years, our diarist lays to rest the nation’s most feared and revered diary column

Unless we act now, it will be used in the destruction of our democracy

German voters are not becoming extremists. They are just fed up

Labour should work with the Lib Dems and Greens to help stop polarisation and public apathy

Is the prime minister serious about his EU red lines - or just playing a long game?

There is no good reason for banning cigarettes outside pubs while allowing them on the pavement next door

Political parties belong to activists as much as they do to leaders

The same tax rate for earnings and wealth would be a seismic change that raised billions

Keir Starmer’s trip to Germany and France feels empty without rejoining the scheme

If you fail to see beyond the Trump lies, the chaos and narcissism, you fail to understand why people might vote for him in the first place

No amount of slightly closer cooperation in areas of little everyday benefit can get anywhere near the massive gains from being back in the EU

Post-Brexit subsidies were supposed to save the countryside. Instead they’ve given landowners incentives to oust their tenant farmers

Vice-presidential picks don’t tend to swing US elections. But Kamala Harris’s choice, an authentic avatar of the Midwest, could change that

Ukraine’s daring incursion into Kursk shows a dictator in crisis, with the Russian people and China turning their backs on him

Harris has seized the momentum in the presidential campaign but still faces a tough battle with Trump

The far right AfD is poised for major wins this weekend’s eastern state elections amid rising discontent

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has some tough decisions to make in October’s budget, but has options to achieve growth and avoid austerity

The new crop of MPs are faced with a Hogwarts-style parliament as the Tories’ leadership crisis rumbles on unabated

The Italian prime minister’s abortion law amendment has sparked fear and anger among women across the country

The redevelopment of a bombed ministry complex in the Serbian capital is set to feature a Trump-Kushner hotel