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Sir Keir Starmer’s authority is fading. His poll ratings, and Labour’s, are disastrous. Key lieutenants are departing. With Labour conference looming, the talk is less about…

The state of the health service is one of the key metrics on which this government will be judged. Of course this is to some extent…

As well as the urgent social problems raised by Adolescence – online misogyny and radicalisation – the show’s phenomenal success has drawn attention to a growing…

When Merck abruptly scrapped its billion-pound London research hub last week, critics blamed Britain’s lacklustre support for life sciences and a Scrooge-like grip on NHS drug…

Up to 90% of the ocean floor around Britain is covered with sand and gravel, derived from the erosion of shell and rocks. Other, more unusual…

Dramatic increases in life expectancy are one of the defining achievements of the modern era. From 56 years for men and 60 for women in the UK…

It is a year since Sir Keir Starmer said that “crumbling” universities were in a worse state than Labour realised before the election. But having failed…

Downing Street’s claim that it had delivered “the single biggest upgrade of working rights in a generation” tells you almost everything about Labour’s current condition. The…

With the change of season, ministers know they must get back on the front foot after weeks during which their opponents have made the political weather. The…

The decision by Nottinghamshire council’s Reform UK leader, Mick Barton, to ban his councillors from speaking to the Nottingham Post is as absurd as it is troubling.…