The House

TOM TUGENDHAT INTERVIEW

The Conservative MP and former security minister talks China spies and embassy, plus why he’s not on Kemi Badenoch’s frontbench

Marie Antoinette Style

How many French queens are there whose name we can remember? Very few, I suspect, as there were no French equivalents to Elizabeth I or Victoria. How many have we even heard of? There is one exception: we have all heard of Marie Antoinette, the wife of...

BOOKS & CULTURE

The plight of hares, Gilbert & George, plus reviews by Baroness Bertin, Alex Sobel, Lord Hodgson and Baroness Andrews

MEL STRIDE INTERVIEW

Ahead of the Budget, the shadow chancellor talks Rachel Reeves’ rental licence, cutting welfare spend and the triple lock

DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF NEXTDAY DELIVERY?

Dispatch from San Francisco, where Amazon execs reveal their robotics plans

KANISHKA NARAYAN INTERVIEW

For questions on public service reform, economic growth and Britain’s place on the world stage, Keir Starmer sees AI as the answer. But is that realistic, or is Labour falling for techno-solutionism? Zoe Crowther talks to new AI minister Kanishka...

BOOKS & CULTURE

Lord Black recommends Allies of War, Siân Berry enjoys a documentary on the art of activism, Lord Sewell reads Lord Biggar’s slavery reparations book, and Lord Young looks at the ‘usual channels’ according to Sebastian Whale

CONFERENCE SPECIAL

Anneliese Midgley’s Liverpool Maurice Glasman on Meghnad Desai Mick Whelan bows out At home with Nick Thomas-Symonds Minouche Shafik in profile David Evans on Morgan McSweeney

CHRIS HINCHLIFF MP & NEIL DUNCAN-JORDAN MP

Why our suspension by Labour is troubling for a healthy democracy

Kiefer/Van Gogh

The first thing to say about the Kiefer / Van Gogh pairing at the Royal Academy of Arts is that this is no curatorial conceit. Anselm Kiefer’s interest in Vincent van Gogh has been a lifelong obsession, starting with a journey made in 1963 as a...

LUCY POWELL

‘Politics has changed and Parliament needs to change to keep up’

BUILD, BABY, BUILD

How Looking For Growth’s Lawrence Newport is facing down the ‘blockers’ with an online campaign going viral

TAKING A STAND

EQUITY BOSS ON AI REGULATION “They want to legalise theft”

PORT IN A STORM

It was, it says, created to bring order out of chaos: from Teddington Lock to the Isle of Sheppey, the Port of London Authority (PLA) rules the tidal Thames. Nothing moves along the river without its permission: it is responsible for every aspect, from...

TRADE CRAFT

Jonathan Reynolds Tim Leunig Jill Rutter Sir Crawford Falconer

BOOKS & CULTURE

Reviews: Brasil! Brasil! exhibition, The White Lotus, A Real Pain, and books by Lord Howell, Damian Collins and Leor Zmigrod

BOOKS & CULTURE

Reviews of TV shows Adolescence and Severance, books Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter and Ash Sarkar’s Minority Rule, and film War Paint

LORD STIRRUP

Rebuild our military might now

GHOSTS AND SPIDERS

Lord Howell Laura Kyrke-Smith Melanie Ward Baroness Wheatcroft

APPRENTICESHIPS. MADE RIGHT HERE IN GB.

Meet Sharon Blyfield. She’s been leading our Early Careers Programme for over 10 years and has received an OBE for services to apprenticeships. There’s nothing that makes her happier than watching colleagues achieve their goals. Like Roanna Middler,...

LORD HERMER

“Bring it on, if that’s the fight people want to have”

BOOKS & CULTURE

Katie Lam goes to the West End for The Devil Wears Prada, while Sir Peter Bottomley, Lord Lexden and Lord Davies review books on assisted dying, how British Christians reacted to Nazi Germany, and what it takes for Labour to win

BOOKS & CULTURE

The Earl of Clancarty praises the Monet and London exhibition, Liam Byrne and Baroness Bennett review each other’s books, Naushabah Khan reads a new Millicent Fawcett biography, and Oliver Wright reviews The Mind of the Minister

KIM LEADBEATER ON ASSISTED DYING

THE COUNTDOWN IS ON TO BECOME A CLEAN ENERGY SUPERPOWER

Not a long time to transform the energy system of a major economy like the UK. But that is the mission the new government has set – clean power by 2030. And you can see why they are impatient. The recent energy crisis cost the UK taxpayer more than...

There are fewer than 2,000 days until 2030.

Not a long time to transform the energy system of a major economy like the UK. But that is the mission the new government has set – clean power by 2030. And you can see why they are impatient. The recent energy crisis cost the UK taxpayer more than...

THE COUNTDOWN IS ON TO BECOME A CLEAN ENERGY SUPERPOWER

Not a long time to transform the energy system of a major economy like the UK. But that is the mission the new government has set – clean power by 2030. And you can see why they are impatient. The recent energy crisis cost the UK taxpayer more than...

Our mission: Boosting economic growth through delivering Full Fibre broadband.

A large part of my job ensures communities are connected, businesses flourish and that we as an organisation are making a positive difference to people’s lives. The installation of full fibre across the UK has profound benefits – beyond meaning a...