Section: Opinion

Weak or shrewd? Starmer’s failure to call out Trump has his MPs divided

The PM had hoped for a domestic reset in 2026. Instead, the US capture of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro has dragged him into another crisis

Shehab Khan
Will Starmer survive 2026? Here’s what could seal his fate

After a bruising 2025 for Labour, eyes are on possible successors to the PM in the shape of Wes Streeting, Andy Burnham and Angela Rayner

Shehab Khan
It’s crystal clear that our water companies aren’t working — let’s change that in 2026

Crumbling infrastructure and massive debts are costing us all dearly. It’s time the government made a new year’s resolution to fix it

Taj Ali

Why do we regress into our childhood roles when going home for the holidays?

The family home works like a time machine. We walk in as functioning adults with tired eyes and within hours we’ve regressed to the kids we once were
Streeting’s fight with doctors could win him headlines but cost him his legacy

The health secretary accused the doctors’ union of ‘juvenile delinquency’. But he’ll need striking medics on side if he wants to fix the NHS
Farage’s opponents are desperate for racism claims to stick. Will they matter?

Reform UK’s leader faces dozens of allegations that he racially abused classmates at Dulwich College, which he denies. Yet he keeps chalking up wins
Plans to scrap jury trials have unleashed fury within Labour

David Lammy’s proposals to restrict the right to trial by jury to the most serious criminal cases have angered even loyal backbenchers
My mother gifted my girlfriend a saree of purple threads, holding my queer family together

I still look for a future in which families like mine, who are both trans and religious in nature, might survive without losing one another
Labour MPs are surprisingly happy with Reeves’s budget

The chancellor’s second budget followed a major U-turn and a major leak. But the mood among the backbenches has softened — for now