Was John Prescott the last politician who could thump a member of the public and get away with it? No way.
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He’s remembered for multiple controversies but Prescott’s legacy is really more about his work on the climate and devolution.
In the second part of our podcast series Know Your Place: what happened to class in British politics, we trace the history of class politics over the past century.
The new Labour government has cut winter fuel payments and dropped a cap on social care costs. What do these changes mean for pensioners?
The Sunday Times has given Starmer a gritted-teeth endorsement, but The Sun has not backed a party.
The UK of 2024 is very different than 1997. Back then, Britons had hope for the future. Today, many are disaffected and cynical, hoping things won’t continue to get worse.
Plaid Cymru’s Adam Price is leading proposals to make lying by politicians a criminal offence.
The Labour leader is looking to the examples set by Tony Blair and Harold Wilson in drawing a line under his party’s recent past.
Even though Keir Starmer is more comfortable being associated with the leaders of the last Labour government than Jeremy Corbyn or Ed Miliband, this is not a return to the past.
Written by comedian Harry Hill, it’s a hectic hour-and-a-half of high-energy songs and skits.
Tony Blair has called on ministers to tighten food regulation, including adding levies to foods high in fat, salt and sugar.
The government in England is promoting apprenticeships rather than “rip-off” university degrees.
Bill Clinton and senator George Mitchell were central in keeping the players at the table so that the historical deal could be signed in 1998.
Secret, behind-the-scenes talks were going on years before the official Belfast Agreement was signed – and made the whole thing possible.
The beginnings of Iraq’s sectarian civil war, the failures of its US-built political system, and the struggle for civilians attempting to survive chaos and violence are here in these 2004 interviews.
The former PM was criticised for making decisions without proper advice or consultation
If some progress was made in the early 2000s, austerity measures from 2010 saw the push for equality, diversity or inclusion die down.
Since the Brexit referendum in 2016, Africa has slipped from its precarious but tangible place in UK political discourse.
Having an ethics adviser is a matter of convention, not a legal requirement.
Anxious not to be easy targets for their pro-business opponents, labour parties everywhere now run on a ‘thin ideological platform’. Anthony Albanese’s ALP is no exception.
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Senior Lecturer in Contemporary British History, Newcastle University
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