Brexit pacts: The latest desperate attempt to game a broken first-past-the-post system

The battle over Brexit now dominates everything, but Remain vs Leave alliances just blot out other important political differences.

Our fight against fake news is starting to turn the tide

People feel a sense of hopelessness when it comes to the post-truth era, but we've struck on a tactic that works.

Government campaign ratchets up price of application fees until staying in the UK becomes financially impossible for young people.

Crucial byelection win provides proof-of-concept for a broader electoral campaign.

The Politics.co.uk Podcast - EU migrant crisis

Can we even call it a "crisis"?
The Politics.co.uk Podcast: Medical cannabis

All you need to know about the medical uses of cannabis

BFAWU: If David Cameron is attacking unions, we must be doing something right

Workers strike to avoid becoming a burden to the taxpayer. Why won't David Cameron support hard-working union members?
BFAWU: Is a contract and a wage really too much to ask of fast food employers?

If fast food companies can afford to pay CEOs £8.45 million, they can pay their staff a living wage.
BFAWU: Osborne's economic recovery was never intended to benefit ordinary people

Let's be absolutely clear; this recovery isn't for us and it was never intended to benefit ordinary people.
BFAWU: Yes, there is an alternative to austerity

Working people are disillusioned but successes like the Wigan strike show what is possible.
NARPO: Rewarding service?

NARPO calls for "careful consideration" over police pensions.

Insulting voters can only lead to defeat – for both the Tories and Labour

Shutting out the voters might seem like a sensible strategy, but it can only lead to one result: a slap in the face come polling day.
Miliband is now most likely to be next prime minister

For years the idea of Ed Miliband in No 10 was judged unthinkable, even laughable. But with the general election just over a fortnight away, a consensus is gradually emerging that his premiership is now the most likely outcome.

Week in Review: Greta refuses to know her place

What is it about this confident, idealistic young woman which so enrages old reactionary men?
Psychological warfare over no-deal masks a strategic vulnerability

The reality is MPs have several ways to stop no-deal, but opponents are trying to terrorise them into inaction.
Week in Review: The coming storm

When Mps get back from their summer holiday, it's all going to hit the fan in a rather comprehensive way.

Punished through their parents: The war on migrant children

Cruel technicalities of the Home Office system penalises children via the immigration status of their parents.
The no-deal threat: What happens when the problems interact?

As Operation yellowhammer breaks the no-deal Brexit debate wide open, a serious question raises its head: What happens when the blockages affect one another?

Your guide to how the IFS dismantled the two parties' plans

The IFS said that Labour had got its sums wrong on tax, while the Tory public pay cap is causing difficulties
Ignore the hype. Ukip will lose to Labour in Oldham West

Nigel Farage's party are unlikely to deliver a major upset today

The crazy polling of Soft Brexit

The fate of the compromise Brexit option tells us a lot about the debate in Britain. Depending on how you count it is either the most or least popular outcome.
Gavin Williamson's demand for squaddie immunity betrays the horror of Bloody Sunday

The defence secretary is threaten to politicise the criminal justice system in a populist appeal to the right.

PMQS verdict: Harman is right, but it doesn’t save her

The temporary Labour leader struggles and fails to press her arguments against a prime minister who trades in blithe but convincing falsehoods
PMQS verdict: Harman wrong-foots Cameron with declaration of war on Heathrow

Labour is poised to make the Heathrow debate as damaging for Cameron as humanly possible