An open letter to the government from leading authors, artists and public figures By New Statesman Sally Rooney is a writer, ...

The Green Party leader’s boast of replacing Labour has become a cautionary tale By Megan Kenyon On a drizzly morning last September, Zack Polanski delivered his first speech as leader of the Green ...

Could the Conservatives overtake Farage’s party? By Ben Walker This has been a bad month for Reform. The “Burnham bounce” has placed Labour firmly in the lead – although the most popular party in the ...

Our short-sighted pursuit of cheap goods over national security has left us dangerously exposed By Ed Conway In March 1931 John Maynard Keynes wrote an article in this magazine, then the New Statesman ...

Despite the fanfare about Burnham saving jury trials, the core of Starmer and Lammy’s proposals remain By Rachel Cunliffe Over the summer I spent a day at Highbury Magistrates’ Court, a looming ...

The Prime Minister’s course correction finally frees his MPs to address the disasters of Brexit By Ethan Croft Andy Burnham and his chief of staff James Purnell share rare history at Westminster. Both ...

The internet has provided sanctuary for fervent followers of infamous serial killers. By Thomas Hobbs When you think of online fandoms you tend to picture Taylor Swift’s Swifties or Lady Gaga’s ...

The Greater Manchester mayor set out his case for “business friendly socialism” By Ethan Croft Andy Burnham has repeated his claim that Britain is too “in hock to the bond markets” and set out his ...

The great-power realist lets theory get in the way of fact. By Katie Stallard When the facts change, the Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Samuelson once said, I change my mind. Not so the realist ...

Outsourced workers on publicly owned TransPennine Express will stage a walk out By Megan Kenyon Outsourced workers on publicly owned TransPennine Express are to strike during the Labour Party ...

The social scientist has made a career from predicting global instability. But in the new book End Times, his analysis produces nothing but banalities. By William Davies In January 2010 the scientific ...