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COMMENT: Party members love the energy secretary, but Keir Starmer has already demonstrated his ruthlessness, says John Rentoul

COMMENT: And yet Labour MPs and members are remarkably quiet – that will not last, predicts John Rentoul

Instead of bowing to rightwing populism, Starmer should take it on by rebuilding towns – and giving people the security they crave, says Guardian columnist John Harris

It was a by-election that caused a political earthquake. In 1981, Shirley Williams changed the temperature in Westminster when the new Social Democratic Party triumphed in the once true blue seat of Crosby. Months before, her fellow Gang of Four member Roy Jenkins had come tantalisingly close to winning a…

COMMENT: The prime minister has set out a restrictive approach to immigration in a memo to cabinet ministers – making clear that he sees Reform, not the Conservatives, as the threat at the next election, writes John Rentoul

WE plebs have been afforded a glimpse into the dynasties running the Labour Government after a list of the “power couples” calling the shots…

Get In is a succinct title for a story which combines single-minded pursuit of power with a host of football references (10 separate ones in the index alone plus many metaphors). From electoral wipeout in the Jeremy Corbyn-led rout of 2019 to a convincing mandate in 2024, it is also…

The PM is portrayed as a bit part player at No 10. That isn’t true: but he must grab the reins and create a government in his own image, says author Tom Baldwin

Blue Labour founder Maurice Glasman also calls Richard Hermer a ‘progressive fool’ in New Statesman interview