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The last Government passed shabbily-drafted pieces of legislation which were only saved by amendments from Labour and the House of Lords, according to two senior Conservative figures
Insular definitions of the national past overlook the very things we should take pride in
“America’s enemies will only watch with glee, as America self-destructs from within”, says former UK diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall
My Dutch friend chose to die a peaceful, painless death at the time of his choosing. Everyone else should be free to make that same choice
Billions of pounds in spending remains unaccounted for, with the National Audit Office unable to sign off the nation’s accounts
Union leader accuses the Labour Government of “trying to face both ways” amid threatened strikes over orders for civil servants to return to the office
The treaty represents a rare victory for international law and the “rules-based order” the UK is meant to stand for
Hundreds of millions were wasted on contracts with zombie companies which vanished before any taxpayers’ cash could be recovered
The admission came in a legal statement by Keir Starmer’s Government to the High Court, amid a challenge to the UK’s arms and F-35 exports to Israel
European leaders fear Donald Trump could soon open Europe’s doors to Moscow
Millionaire landowners are using dubious statistics to campaign against the Government’s inheritance tax reforms
In his monthly column, John Mitchinson explores how a country house party in Oxfordshire helped invent democracy
The spectre of Boris Johnson’s assault on standards in public life is slowly retreating, argues Josiah Mortimer
Senior politicians, military leaders and experts send an open letter calling on Europe and Canada to join forces in defending Ukraine from Russian aggression
The UK Government is dominated by figures from a discredited past at a time of radical global change, argues Neal Lawson
Peter Jukes in the December Print Edition of Byline Times
The Prince is suing the publisher of The Sun and the now-defunct News of the World alleging it unlawfully obtained private information about him from 1996 until 2011
Conservative ministers purchased the contaminated land and asbestos-ridden buildings, despite warnings from officials
For the sake of Britain, Europe and humanity, it’s time for us to get back with the European team, argues Mike Galsworthy
‘I don’t fully understand why so many people would faint from horror at the thought of hearing a dog screaming in agony but have no real issue with the idea of a human doing that’
Any law to help people die is the beginning of a slippery slope for disabled people whose lives are already devalued, writes Penny Pepper in her monthly column
YouTuber Niko Omilana’s prank highlights how few checks are made on the real identities of those who stand for election
Rachel Reeves will be leant on by City figures to deregulate the sector ahead of her keynote speech this Thursday. But transparency campaigners warn too many are falling victim to predatory finance firms
A damning new report highlights a series of failures under the last Conservative Government
Europe must wake up to the growing security threats posed by Russia and the new Trump administration
The mother of late TV presenter Caroline Flack calls for Starmer to “find the courage” to restart it as exclusive new YouGov polling finds public wants reform
Donald Trump’s second victory in the United States is a warning sign to democracies everywhere of the centrality of emotions – and their manipulation – in the new politics of gross inequality and psychic rebellion fuelled by tech-driven alternative realities, writes Hardeep Matharu
Hysteria around Labour’s VAT on private schools and inheritance tax on farms are not the existential threats they’ve been made out to be in the press
Governments around the world need to act now to prevent the worst of what is coming our way
A long awaited plan for ME and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome sufferers is due to be published this winter.
Some of the loudest voices in the US are starting to say the quiet part out loud, reports Chris York
The UK needs a revolution in the way politics and democracy works – starting with proportional representation, writes Neal Lawson
Campaigners hope a proposed new law could bring an end to a system that puts vulnerable people into even more danger
The Conservative Party’s new leader has appointed a series of Shadow Cabinet ministers whose Government records were clouded in scandal
The Conservative Party’s new leader has the potential to do a lot of damage, whether or not she wins the next general election
The new Conservative Leader combines culture war politics with a deregulation agenda that would set the country back decades, Jon Bloomfield and David Edgar report
Lobby groups are accused of whipping up fears about Labour’s inheritance tax reforms despite figures suggesting the vast majority of UK farms will be unaffected