The Latest Breaking News from Ted Heath

To appreciate the greatness of Margaret Thatcher — as this excellent biography makes possible — you must go back to Grantham where she lived over her parents’ grocery shop. There was no hereditary money, so she had to work hard, occasionally serving at the counter. She experienced frugality and, after…

The PM’s makeover collaboration was kept a closely guarded secret for fear it would hurt her ‘ordinary housewife’ image, says writer and broadcaster Tim Walker

British PM Rishi Sunak's early exit from D-Day events sparks controversy, impacting election campaign.

In the history of fag-end governments, Sunak’s must be the worst

While numbers may not have fully recovered the climate is now in very much in trade unions’ favour

On reflection, David Owen was probably too “leading man handsome” to help the SDP break the mould of British politics. That’s right, I’ve been re-watching old BBC election night broadcasts again. This time, it’s back to the Seventies and Eighties for Ted Heath’s miscalculation, Jim Callaghan’s sunny (albeit misplaced) optimism…

Conservative thinking has barely evolved since the Misuse of Drugs Act was passed by Ted Heath’s government in 1971.

The intervention would be the biggest attempt to manage supermarket prices since Ted Heath set up price controls in 1973

The prime minister is stubbornly attached to an outdated ideology, but has no plan for adapting to volatile times, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr