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

Next year is going to be hotter and, for you and everyone you know, dearer By Oli Dugmore There’s an arm-wrestle taking place in the sky. The ocean and the atmosphere exist in constant struggle: one ...

As prisoners in Louisiana, we watch on as executions return to death row By John Corley It was a mild spring evening in March 2025, just after 6pm, when Jessie Hoffman shuffled the few steps from his ...

This is the Maga White House’s latest impotent attempt to prove America’s masculine vitality By Freddie Hayward America under Donald Trump is becoming a moral wilderness. He has created a culture ...

The left refuses to grapple with the realities of petty bourgeois life. By Dan Evans The photo showed a young, good-looking couple posing proudly on the landing of their newbuild house. The image was ...

Will Dunn is business editor of the New Statesman. He writes on a range of topics including inflation, housing, the Bank of England, the world of work and the cost of living crisis. Andy Burnham and ...

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 ...

Merlin Strategy’s exclusive polling reveals a growing gender divide among under-30s By Scarlett Maguire The prevailing narrative is that young men, under the influence of the manosphere and enchanted ...

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 ...

Burnham believes the government has afforded the market too much power By Will Dunn The front pages of the Financial Times, Bloomberg, the Times and others this morning all refer to Andy Burnham’s ...

Why did the group implode so spectacularly? By Megan Kenyon The revolution was born on a Zoom call. On 3 July 2025, more than 20 assorted faces of the British left assembled online. Among them were ...

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 ...