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Slashing benefits will push even more people into poverty. Neither Labour nor Conservative voters want it, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The sheer velocity with which Keir Starmer has led the Labour Party from the brink of extinction to the brink of power is unprecedented in the modern era. And – just in time – this excellent biography arrives in what is all but certain to be an election year.

Once upon a time, it was possible to be all things to all people. Back in 1993, when Sir Tony Blair was invited to contribute his favourite recipe to the Islington Cookbook, he selected fettuccine with olive oil, sun-dried tomatoes and capers. By the time he entered Downing Street, his…

There are two ways to change a political party: from without or within. Tony Blair and Jeremy Corbyn both bent Labour to their will, albeit with differing electoral results. Conversely, Nigel Farage successfully forced the Conservatives to adopt his views on Europe and immigration through his use of the media…

No wonder Sunak today seeks to extricate himself. None of the world leaders I have interviewed would have behaved this way, says author and broadcaster Gavin Esler

If the main opposition Labor party wins the next UK general election as opinion polls indicate, then a familiar sight will appear outside the prime minister's official residence the next day: removal vans.

The former PM has written the manual for leadership he wanted to read in 1997

Olly Robbins is rumoured to become one of the most powerful men in Britain

Keiran Pedley, director of politics at Ipsos, analyses Rishi Sunak's chances of avoiding a landslide defeat for the Conservatives at the next election