Deliver for the Midlands by connecting it with HS2
Proposals would see high speed trains directly connect the city centres of Leicester, Leeds, Birmingham and Nottingham.
Crimes against mingling: Government covid response reaches new height of absurdity
The government is passing highly intrusive laws seemingly with little understanding of what they entail.
Week in Review: A deal is still the most likely outcome
Despite all the noise, incentives are aligned and the broad outline of a deal is perfectly visible.
The Corbyn-era autopsy proves that the 2019 election was a disaster waiting to happen
Two new books on the Labour party under Jeremy Corbyn show, more than anything, the central need for competence in political leadership.
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: The winter of our discontent
It'll be up to people to help each other, because the government certainly can't do it.
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Labour conference: Starmer breaks decisively with Corbyn
Starmer makes competence the defining value of his leadership and aims it squarely against both Corbyn and Johnson.
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Week in Review: A deal is still the most likely outcome
Despite all the noise, incentives are aligned and the broad outline of a deal is perfectly visible.
Comment
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If Labour really cares about left-behind communities, it'll push to reform our drug laws
Some the worst effects of Britain's outdated drug laws are in those places which are already suffering the most
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Nine months on, voters are still in the dark about online campaigning in the general election
Huge gaps remain in our understanding of how political parties are targeting voters during elections.
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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Growing UK solidarity movement backs 'Polish Stonewall'
Protests break out in London at Polish government's increasingly brutal anti-LGBT agenda.
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Colston row: It's about discussing history, not rewriting it
History, in all its glory and poison, is going nowhere.
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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