Christian Wolmar Articles

Lewis Baston profiles the candidates in Labour's London mayor candidate selection Diane Abbott has been member of parliament for Hackney North and Stoke Newington since 1987, when she became the first black woman ever elected to parliament. Before being elected she...

It is that time of the electoral cycle for announcements about spending in the future which will not actually be the responsibility of those in power at the moment. It is a hardy annual of pre-election periods and, as Michael Dugher, the new shadow secretary of state...

If elected I will … Frontline 40 candidates on their private member’s bills The state of New York’s usury law provides a good example of how a modern usury statute works. Annual interest rates on personal loans of less than $250,000 (approximately £150,000) are capped...