Comment & Analysis

Austerity: The issue no-one talks about is still ruining lives

It’s mentioned only as an aside, but the austerity policies the Tory leadership candidates supported are still driving people into poverty.

PM without a mandate: Tory leadership fight reveals a broken constitutional settlement

Exactly where will the new prime minister’s legitimacy come from? It’s not from an election, or a manifesto, or even the referendum result.