Exclusive: Impact of austerity cannot be undone by end of parliament despite above-inflation funding, analysis finds

It’s far from perfect, but the UK’s spending is broadly controlled and employment is high

A leadership battle could hand No 10 to Nigel Farage

The first major museum exhibition dedicated to the work of one of the UK’s leading contemporary artists, Jenny Saville: The Anatomy of Painting will bring together 50 works made throughout Saville’s e...

A councillor suspended by Reform UK has appeared in court accused of making threats to kill his wife.

British voters are moving away from the two-party system, but their electoral system hasn’t kept up.

Philip Swann The extent to which the Blair government’s delivery unit became the focus of tension between No 10 and the Treasury is a key theme in Michelle Clement’s fascinating history[1] of the u…

New guidance will damage the quality of government and public discourse.

The Institute of Local Government Studies, University of Birmingham

LA was once a conservative stronghold; now the military is occupying it. Liberal cities have become targets for politicians looking to stir up their voters elsewhere, says Guardian columnist Andy Beck...

With the NHS in triage mode, business and society need to shift to prevention of ill health

Angela Rayner is to announce plans for a radical overhaul of the tax to stop residents in poorer areas ‘unfairly being asked to pay more for worse services’

Exclusive: Politicians including Andy Burnham call for councils to be given powers to stop new sites opening Slot machine companies are targeting Britain’s poorest neighbourhoods and channelling the proceeds to billionaire-owned overseas corporations and a Wall Street fund that uses an offshore lending structure, the Guardian can reveal. The number of slot machine shops has risen by 7% since 2022, as companies -friendly planning and licensing laws to flood Britain’s high streets with new “adult gaming centres” (AGCs), most of which are open 24 hours a day. Continue reading...

As barometers of political opinion, local elections have long had a special place in British politics, offering useful (though not necessarily accurate) guides to national trends. The link between …