Politics

Out go Reeves, Lammy and the rest of the Starmer old guard, but with Healey at the Treasury and Mahmood at the Home Office, the new PM’s top team suggests continuity, not the break with neoliberalism Andy Burnham has promised, says Andy Walker.

Nigel Farage says he’s the underdog taking on a corrupt establishment, yet he’s spent two decades funded by tax exiles, crypto investors and a man convicted of wire fraud. Brian Green has a timely explainer on the money behind the myth.

As Farage tries to dodge scrutiny over his undeclared millions by playing the outsider, Clacton has the perfect chance to show him exactly where he belongs.

Journalist and author Daniel Trilling will be talking about how the establishment enabled Britain's far right – and the case for fighting back. Register now for our free live online interview with Daniel on Thursday 9 July at 7pm.

As Burnham eyes Number Ten, his own book very much suggests a premiership built on constitutional tinkering, not redistribution, says Andy Walker.

Douglas Lumsden's stunning win in Aberdeen South overturns a 20-point SNP lead, even as the party clings on in Arbroath and Broughty Ferry – a split verdict that hints at nationalist fatigue setting in.

Andy Burnham trounced Reform in Makerfield and talked of change starting now. We’ve heard that one before. Before anyone gets carried away, there are inconvenient questions about Gaza, the bond markets, neoliberal economics and his New Labour past still waiting to be answered.

A forensic new book by Daniel Trilling traces how Britain's political establishment normalised the far right and asks whether it's too late to reverse course.

Paul Holden, author of The Fraud, is calling for evidence about how Labour’s candidate selections were rigged to produce the loyalist parliament that now determines the party's future.

New and extensive place-based research reveals that the real politics of post-industrial England is much more complex and much more amenable to progressive politics than usually assumed. Carol Taylor has read the report and highlights some of the lessons for the left.

A new index showing staggering regional inequality launches in Newcastle today and it reveals a UK that is woefully underprepared for the emerging challenges of the near future.