Melvyn Bragg’s fascinating new Radio 4 series on the north of England’s history showcases its crucial ‘nearly nation’...
Melvyn Bragg’s fascinating new Radio 4 series on the north of England’s history showcases its crucial ‘nearly nation’...
Up till now it seemed as if Conquest’s third law of politics – that the simplest way to explain the behaviour of any...
Well, it is good to get your excuses in first. Otherwise, what how else could explain what possessed Brexit ultra Liam...
Homelessness is much worse than official figures show, according to the latest research from Crisis and JRF. A...
Today is national voter registration day. It is an opportunity for all of us to make sure friends, neighbours and...
The general election is only three months away and we are facing a crisis in our democracy. Almost one million people,...
I am always impressed by the NGOs and philanthropists – often business people – who work with governments to address...
The Tories have let slip their deeply flawed plans for devolution on English matters. William Hague announced that the...
‘You should be talking to more women’. That’s not a line anyone would expect a political consultant to be trotting out...
Labour has long been an advocate for the devolution of power and money within the English regions. Bristol, the only...
For those of us who keep an eye on politics down under, it was always clear that Tony Abbott was never going to fill...
Ed Balls’ announcement today, that a Labour government will legislate for an independent National Infrastructure...