Politics

Under fire and lacking leadership, BBC staff’s default is: ‘Avoid Gaza’

The scale of complaints has created a newsroom that is overthinking its coverage

Margaret Hodge: ‘Stopping breast screening at 70 is crazy’

The Labour peer’s cancer surgery has convinced her the rules on mammogram upper age limits must change

Ex-Reform MP Rupert Lowe cleared by parliamentary watchdog

Standards commissioner completes investigation into the registration of £600,000 collected through a crowdfunding appeal

Ministers step in to save Teach First

Leading brand that trains teachers for most deprived areas of the UK to get reprieve after bureaucrats accused of trying to scrap it

Reeves’ tears: a key image that defines this moment

Whether the chancellor’s emotional reaction at PMQs was personal or political, it underlines a perception of chaos in the government

Why the Co-op party is Labour’s best shot at stopping Reform’s rise

Longtime Labour ally the Co-op party believes community empowerment can counter populism

The only way out for Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves is to show sheer audacity

The welfare reform battle and the chancellor’s perceived vulnerability have badly wounded the government. It’s time to be bold

U-turn on welfare gives backbenchers a taste of the PM’s blood

His most recent retreat will placate some rebel MPs, but the next time Sir Keir Starmer has a tough decision to push through, he’ll find it harder to be taken seriously

Jo Swinson’s search for a new economics

The former Lib Dem leader believes real progress is being made towards reimagining capitalism

'My priest told me my vote was complicity in murder’

Starmer’s deep regret for ‘island of strangers’ speech

Supermarkets to get healthy eating targets under government’s obesity plan

Wes Streeting says retailers can help nudge people in right direction and drive ‘transformational’ change

A year into office, Keir Starmer is ready for a new approach

Keir Starmer has faced rebellions and discontent in the ranks since his election landslide. As he begins his second year in office, can he steady the ship?

The NHS needs to innovate to survive, says Ara Darzi

The pioneering surgeon and former Labour health minister argues that only by investing in technology can the health service provide for generations to come

The private trials of Keir Starmer

The prime minister reveals the quiet grief and inner determination of his first year in office – and why he ‘deeply regrets’ his ‘island of strangers’ speech

King’s speech set to be delayed as Labour try to push legislation through the Lords

Party’s MPs fear postponing new parliament will leave them with little to do in the Commons if AI and electoral reform bills are deferred

150 Labour MPs ready to rebel against welfare reforms

Backbenchers point to the U-turn on winter fuel payments as a rationale for rebelling against Starmer’s welfare reforms

No ordinary war: we have entered the age of impunity

The US once held Netanyahu back. Israel’s attacks on Iran prove that restraint has gone