No more business-as-usual in asylum policy
The Home Office proposes a return to 'business as usual' for the UK’s asylum system. But there is no normal for people seeking refugee protection.
Swimming with the sharks: What progressives can learn from Republicans Against Trump
Anti-Trump conservatives are launching blistering campaign attacks on the presidents. British progressives have much to learn from their no-holds-barred approach.
Week in Review: Labour's mountain to climb
The fundamental problem the party faces is electoral fragmentation into identity tribes.
When Black Lives Matter meets covid: Diversity can be lifesaving
A more diverse Cabinet would ask the kinds of questions which the current Cabinet would never think of.
Podcast
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The Politics.co.uk Podcast - EU migrant crisis
Can we even call it a "crisis"?
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The Politics.co.uk Podcast: Medical cannabis
All you need to know about the medical uses of cannabis
Opinion Former Comment
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Has the time come for road charging?
National road pricing is still 10 years away and unless work starts soon, such a scheme will always be 10 years away remarked the Transport Secretary to his party conference.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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BFAWU: Yes, there is an alternative to austerity
Working people are disillusioned but successes like the Wigan strike show what is possible.
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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.
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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.
Ian Dunt
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Week in Review: Labour returns to its anti-racist roots
Zero-tolerance is a matter of priorities. Finally, tackling anti-semitism comes first.
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Week in Review: Labour's mountain to climb
The fundamental problem the party faces is electoral fragmentation into identity tribes.
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Week in Review: We're going to have to accept that some things are good and bad
The only alternative is to get lost in the abysmal binary of the culture war.
Comment
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Week in Review: When lies and incompetence collide
Sometimes the smallest things can reveal the most.
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Vital role for business following 'ill-conceived' DFID merger
Business has a role to play in tackling poverty following the ill-conceived and poorly timed DFID merger.
Analysis
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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
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Ignore the hype. Ukip will lose to Labour in Oldham West
Nigel Farage's party are unlikely to deliver a major upset today
Feature
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Colston row: It's about discussing history, not rewriting it
History, in all its glory and poison, is going nowhere.
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We're all claimants now: Coronavirus can change the narrative on benefits
Now we know. Welfare is for all of us.
Sketch
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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
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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
Interviews
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Clive Lewis interview: If business wants the single market they must increase workers' rights
Clive Lewis on Brexit, immigration and what Labour needs to do to win back the working class
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Makbool Javaid interview: Sadiq Khan's former brother-in-law speaks out
Labour London mayoral hopeful's family relationship with Javaid sparked tabloid 'extremism' stories
Review
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The Brexiteers bible: What Daniel Hannan's 'Why Vote Leave' leaves out
Former leader of Conservative MEPs says Hannan's book is full of distortions
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Review: Parliamentary Pioneers: Labour Women MPs 1918-1945, by Mary Honeyball
Honeyball's history reveals that inequality in Parliament remains rife today
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