The Latest Breaking News from Margaret Thatcher

Labour’s poll lead is fading and the base is weak – it’s time for Starmer to roll the dice

The PM can at least take comfort from the fact that the Tories are struggling just as much as he is

The Guardian - UK · Jan 4, 2025

Meet the young families stuck in their starter homes thanks to the UK housing crisis

The arrival of a child is as good a reason as any to upsize, but this is no longer an option for many ‘second steppers’, says Guardian deputy Opinion editor Kirsty Major

The Guardian - UK · Jan 3, 2025

The biggest TV shows to watch in 2025: from The Night Manager to Reacher season 3

There’s a lot to get excited about this year

Evening Standard · Jan 2, 2025

You Can’t Please All: Memoirs 1980-2024 by Tariq Ali review – an exasperating entertainment

The leftwing intellectual may be a master of self-justification, but in this book he is clever, cultured and good company

The Guardian - UK · Dec 18, 2024

The bitter final showdown over British coal, as sun sets on ‘dirtiest fuel’

The county of Cumbria in northern England is the battleground for a war raging over plans to build a new coal mine.

Al Jazeera · Dec 15, 2024

Voices: Kemi Badenoch’s war on sandwiches makes her look even more out of touch

COMMENT: As the Tory leader reveals her aversion to the classic British lunch staple, and how she can’t abide ‘moist’ bread, Sean O’Grady says such gluten intolerance surely means she’s toast at the next election

The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2024

The Last Days of Liz Truss? review – endgame at No 10 is tip of the iceberg

The former PM’s brief tenure is raked over to seriocomic effect in Greg Wilkinson’s play, which raises major political questions

The Guardian - UK · Dec 6, 2024

Rivalry, ambition and the threat from the Right: Can Kemi Badenoch resuscitate the Tories?

The new Conservative party leader is less than two months into the job, yet reviews are already mixed

Evening Standard · Dec 4, 2024

Government considering nationalising British Steel amid rescue efforts

It would mark an end to 36 years of private ownership after Margaret Thatcher passed the British Steel Act in 1988

The Independent UK · Dec 3, 2024

Sir Kit McMahon obituary

Deputy governor of the Bank of England who helped to rescue the Midland Bank from collapse in the late 1980s

The Guardian - UK · Dec 3, 2024