Will the leftish parties unite to stop Nigel Farage from becoming PM?

Sun 7 Dec 2025

Keir Starmer: ‘The Greens are anti-Nato and think it’s all right to sell drugs. That’s nuts’

Sun 7 Dec 2025

Don’t blame the OBR for the failures of politicians

Thu 4 Dec 2025

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has requested a pardon

‘The cabinet is a sham’: the budget fallout shows Starmer’s authority is fading

Mon 1 Dec 2025

What is the point of this Labour government? Reeves offered no compelling answer

Sun 30 Nov 2025

The Observer view on the budget: Trust and the Treasury

Sun 30 Nov 2025

Economic with the truth: the mis-selling of the budget

Sun 30 Nov 2025

People underestimate me, so I overestimate to balance things out

Sat 29 Nov 2025

Labour’s holiday homework: solve the problem of special needs education

Sat 29 Nov 2025

The rise and fall of the superadviser, and the future of Morgan McSweeney

Sat 29 Nov 2025

High-end property market enjoys post-budget boost

Fri 28 Nov 2025

Better than forecast

Thu 27 Nov 2025

A tame budget with a sting in its tail

Wed 26 Nov 2025

The chancellor’s speech, decoded

Wed 26 Nov 2025

In a matter of months Your Party seems to have failed. What needs to be done to make it a viable political force?

Tue 25 Nov 2025

The Lords they are a-leaping to frustrate ministers

Sun 23 Nov 2025

Minor forecasts shouldn’t make the weather for Reeves

Sat 22 Nov 2025

Zack Polanski: ‘People will have to find some other way to hurt me’

Sat 22 Nov 2025

Russian spy ship near the UK

Shabana Mahmood has thrown a hail mary with her new asylum model

Tue 18 Nov 2025

Denmark is inspiring Shabana Mahmood’s new asylum policies

Nicotine pouches are more popular than ever

After the week No 10 lost control, warning that chaos is ‘probably fatal’ for Starmer

Sun 16 Nov 2025

UK opens office to bridge impact and economy

Sun 16 Nov 2025

Mahmood announces new ‘safe and legal routes’ for refugees – but hardline reforms are the focus

Sun 16 Nov 2025

How a cunning plan to bolster the PM backfired spectacularly

Sun 16 Nov 2025

It’s time for the Treasury to take back control

Sun 16 Nov 2025

Labour is ‘totally flapping’, say ministers after budget swerve

Fri 14 Nov 2025

Thousands to lose the right to trial by jury in drive to fix court logjam

Fri 14 Nov 2025

Briefings against the PM are more cock-up than conspiracy

Wed 12 Nov 2025

Reeves will raise tax to ‘transfer wealth between generations’

Sun 9 Nov 2025

Zohran Mamdani takes on President Trump

The government has flunked its curriculum review

Wed 5 Nov 2025

The tide may soon turn for Rachel Reeves

Tue 4 Nov 2025

The end of TV

‘We’re working to root out medical misogyny’

Mon 3 Nov 2025

‘Privatisation has made a Dad’s Army of the state’

Sun 2 Nov 2025

Dear Keir: Keep your friend, but let him know the axe could fall

Sun 2 Nov 2025

Debt strategy will be the core of Reeves’s ‘aggressive’ budget

Sun 2 Nov 2025

The deadly police raid in Brazil

Why a fall in productivity could be the straw that breaks the economy’s back

Thu 30 Oct 2025

Why I back the baccalaureate

Wed 29 Oct 2025

How unpopular is Keir Starmer?

Mon 27 Oct 2025

Two elections, two stories – and neither good for Labour

Sun 26 Oct 2025

Lucy Powell has a resonant message. The PM should listen

Sun 26 Oct 2025

Plaid Cymru topples Labour in historic byelection

Fri 24 Oct 2025

Not everyone is happy about the UK’s new digital IDs

Fri 24 Oct 2025

‘Wales should stick with Labour’

Wed 22 Oct 2025

Labour cuts funding for state school IB diplomas

Mon 6 Oct 2025

Keir Starmer must show he has a strategy to win

Sun 5 Oct 2025

Dear Keir: If a colleague pushes back on your plan, sack them

Fri 3 Oct 2025

Leadership whispers and Reform dominate Labour conference

Wed 1 Oct 2025

Libraries are palaces for the people. They need defending

Tue 30 Sept 2025

Starmer played the patriot card – but in a hand with no aces

Tue 30 Sept 2025

The future of the British left

The PM’s future rests in the chancellor’s hands

Mon 29 Sept 2025

Levelling up is the way to beat Reform

Sun 28 Sept 2025

Andy Burnham taking Keir Starmer’s crown is pure fantasy

Sun 28 Sept 2025

Labour has never got its plot together enough for a coup

Sun 28 Sept 2025

Starmer to unveil ‘patriotic’ plan for next generation of new towns

Sun 28 Sept 2025

‘We’ve got to steady our nerves’

Sun 28 Sept 2025

The Observer view: Labour should rethink its manifesto

Sun 28 Sept 2025

Always do the right thing – at the last possible moment

Thu 25 Sept 2025

The left’s expensive, secret power couple

Thu 25 Sept 2025

To tackle Reform, Labour must fly the flag for inclusive patriotism

Sun 21 Sept 2025

Starmer ready to seize initiative in race against time to save leadership

Sun 21 Sept 2025

Mandelson has made things go from bad to worse for Starmer

Mon 15 Sept 2025

Starmer can forget Mandelson and his flaws but not what he stood for

Sun 14 Sept 2025

The UK’s phoney war over human rights

Sat 13 Sept 2025

What the cabinet reshuffle tells us about the government

Rayner’s departure may bring Labour anxieties to the boil

Sun 7 Sept 2025

Keir Starmer ushers in a new cabinet of trusted ‘fixers and doers’

Sun 7 Sept 2025

“She listened to Grenfell’s bereaved. Rayner had pure class”

Sun 7 Sept 2025

Since when did the Foreign Office become a demotion?

Sat 6 Sept 2025

The Observer View: face down Reform

Mon 1 Sept 2025

Labour’s taking on Reform – and it’s about time too

Sun 31 Aug 2025

Sir Keir can refresh his No 10 crew but he still needs to steer the ship

Sun 31 Aug 2025

PM enlists Whitehall fixer and top economist to bolster team

Sat 30 Aug 2025

Donors desert Starmer over first-year failures

Sat 30 Aug 2025

Politically acceptable UK racism is rising, even under Labour

Mon 25 Aug 2025

Take tougher line on asylum human rights, judges told

Sat 23 Aug 2025

Britain’s right wing just twists and shouts

Sun 17 Aug 2025

Memo to Keir: three things to remember before your big speech

Sun 10 Aug 2025

Unite union ‘broke law’ in scandal that left £66m hole in accounts

Sun 10 Aug 2025

‘I worked in the NHS for decades – here’s how to fix it’

Wed 6 Aug 2025

Labour faces a battle on two fronts. Even Sir Keir’s seat isn’t safe

Sun 3 Aug 2025

Controversy over how to use frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine

Sun 3 Aug 2025

Starmer orders move towards digital ID system

Sun 3 Aug 2025

How Trump gave Starmer the nod on Palestinian statehood

Wed 30 Jul 2025

More Gazan children will come to UK for treatment

Fri 25 Jul 2025

Women are falling further behind as pension gap widens

Sat 19 Jul 2025

Labour must exploit the advantage of power – or lose it

Sat 19 Jul 2025

As Britain gets mired in small-party politics, Starmer must think big

Sun 13 Jul 2025

Where can Rachel Reeves raise tax?

Sun 13 Jul 2025

Reeves’ tears: a key image that defines this moment

Sun 6 Jul 2025

If Labour lacks a compelling story, Starmer is to blame

Sun 6 Jul 2025

Why the Co-op party is Labour’s best shot at stopping Reform’s rise

Sat 5 Jul 2025

U-turn on welfare gives backbenchers a taste of the PM’s blood

Sun 29 Jun 2025