A state that stopped decidingLondon
The backlog Britain built
Ministers of both parties have spent a decade blaming the people in the queue. The numbers point at the people running it.
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London
The capital: Whitehall, the City and the life of London.
The Fractured RightLondon
The Tories edge past Reform, but credibility is the real fight
After two years of decline, the Conservatives have edged ahead of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK in a closely watched poll. Behind the numbers lies a larger struggle over the identity,…
The walls are closing inLondonPart 3 of 3
Every Starmer stumble brings Kemi closer
Keir Starmer came to office as the antidote to chaos. Yet British politics has a habit of making stable governments look temporary with startling speed. As Labour faces scandal, voter…
Britain’s fake gay asylum scandalLondon
Pakistanis at centre of fake gay asylum claims scandal in Britain
An undercover investigation has exposed how migrants, many of them Pakistani, are allegedly being coached to pose as gay in order to claim asylum in Britain, raising difficult questions about…
The Kingdom at WarLondon
The Britain left unheard now roars back
How changing streets, new languages and unanswered letters turned quiet voters into the loudest voice in British politics.
The old guard's demiseLondon
Is this the death of Cosmopolitan Labour?
A Muslim Home Secretary is doing what Labour’s professional class never dared to do, and England is listening.
