Opinion

The shadow chancellor is winning rave reviews, but needs to tackle productivity

Letting Labour hold their conference last is another Conservative blunder

As Israel contemplates another intelligence failure, the world looks nervously at what comes next

Safety-first will not save Britain’s economy and Labour’s leader knows it

The Labour leader’s praise for Clement Attlee in a new book is significant

Authoritarian populists tolerate opposition media – as long as they only exist at the margins

Give Kosovo a path to NATO and crack down on Serbia’s Vučić, says a former Kosovan foreign minister

An interview with Andrew Bailey makes clear the extra burden leaving the EU has put on the Bank and Britain’s economy

This strange, stale conference speech by a man of no vision won’t revive the Tories

The abiding memory of the Tories’ Manchester conference will be of a party embracing post-truth

Four days of shame in Manchester from the party of short-termism and moral bankruptcy

Putting up pictures in a new home leads to considerable pondering

No serious candidate for the presidency has ever deployed such grotesque and horrific language. But then there has never been a politician like Trump

In Liverpool, Labour needs to gather the kind of momentum that will bury the Tories for a generation

Rising tensions over the Mediterranean migrant crisis threaten to sour the special relationship between Germany and Italy

Unions are what Joe Biden is. But Trump tells them his rival wants to offshore their jobs to China

Polling suggests that a victory for the party at the next general election could be anything from a coalition to a landslide

Renewed unrest in Kosovo has raised concerns of escalating ethnic tensions in the region

Golf gave Romans something to cheer for. But, the culture around the sport still perplexes Italians

Turkey’s women’s volleyball team is not just a group of athletes – they embody so much more

The Confederates are far from what you would expect – don’t write them off as cranks

We are actually fond of the British royal family – we just refuse to be showy about it

An 89-year-old German is bringing 24-hour gambling to Britain’s town centres. Can he be stopped?

Parliament is falling apart and will cost billions to patch up. We should just flatten it and start again

Unless the Tory one-nation advocates can work out how to bring a wrecking ball to the party and reshape the whole thing, it’s screwed

Psychologically, absences felt in particular places matter to us. The gap left on Hadrian’s Wall will be felt by anyone who had visited the remarkable tree in situ

No, renegotiating with the EU won’t bring a swift end to red tape – and Labour should not pretend it will

The latest scandals and gossip from Westminster and Fleet Street

Brexit does have benefits – but not for any of us

Plan your time at the Conservative Party conference with this handy guide...

Keir Starmer should put democratic reform at the heart of his strategy