Past evidence shows the damage that spending cuts can create – even in Conservative strongholds
Adrian Goldberg speaks to Michael Bankole, who has researched race and representation in politics, about what Rishi Sunak’s rise to power means for ethnic minorities in Britain for the Byline Times Podcast
The UK’s new Prime Minister leads a Government which is terrified of consulting the very people he was appointed to lead, writes Adam Bienkov
Brexit, immigration, ‘Global Britain’, energy and austerity – former diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall sets out the challenges ahead for Britain’s latest Prime Minister
Thomas Perrett tracks the administrative missteps that have incubated the current energy crisis
Martin Shaw considers why so many politicians of colour have been appointed to top ministerial roles by white Conservative leaders
Jack Mosse unpicks the flawed understanding of national debt that has pervaded the Conservative leadership contest and Tory economic policy for a number of years
Rachel Morris considers how distortion and evasion are being used in the rhetoric of the Conservative leadership race to deceive the public
The Labour leader needs to convince a weary public that he has the bold ideas to divert the UK from its damaging path under the Conservatives, argues Chris Painter
From climate change to the cost of living, ordinary people are being forced to compensate for an administration in paralysis, says Lisa Young
Voters were promised better-funded public services and stronger employment rights after Brexit – Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak are now offering us the opposite, reports Adam Bienkov
A leaked recording of the Tory leadership frontrunner deriding UK workers for lacking “graft” gives the game away about her real views of the British people, reports Adam Bienkov
Rishi Sunak is in the running to be Britain’s first prime minister of colour – but the debate around whether this will be a good thing for ethnic minorities has laid bare conflicting ideas about the ‘individual’ and the ‘collective’, writes Hardeep Matharu
Richard Murphy argues that freeports may benefit businesses through reduced taxes and regulation, but not employees or the economy of the local area
With the UK heading for recession, the two remaining candidates to become Britain’s next Prime Minister are committed to the same failed economic theories that created the current crisis, writes Thomas Perrett
Economist Anthony Yates looks at the different tax proposals of the two candidates vying to become Prime Minister and finds a common thread of fiscal fantasy and Brexit denial
Ahead of ballots going out in the Tory leadership race, Otto English has been leaked a draft of Rishi Sunak’s pitch to Conservative members Dear Fellow Normal Conservative Human Beings! Or as I like to put it “Hi Guys!” Wow. Well, here I am – just an average, ordinary billionaire standing before you, asking you…
To truly achieve the political representation of disadvantaged and overlooked groups, a more nuanced and inclusive debate is needed, says Shafi Musaddique
The absence of credible solutions to the economic crisis is one of the most galling features of the Tory leadership contest, says James Meadway
One of the leading candidates to become Prime Minister is refusing to withdraw a series of false claims she has made during the contest, reports Adam Bienkov
The race to be Prime Minister has been laced with social snobbery and active hostility toward the poor, says Taj Ali
The next Prime Minister looks set to sabotage the UK’s response to climate change, reports Thomas Perrett
Conservative candidates are making increasingly wild tax cut pledges, which can only be paid for by drastically cutting public services, reports Adam Bienkov
From dark money think tanks to health privatisation, the influence of the American right on British politics is greater than we think, says Rachel Morris
Sir David King told Adam Bienkov that the stealth tax cut would damage the fight for ‘a manageable future for humanity’
An exclusive poll for Byline Times finds that seven-in-ten voters believe leaving the EU has made life in the UK more expensive
As the Prime Minister’s former chief aide reveals the direct line between Johnson and billionaire media moguls, Sam Bright explores how they may have shaped Government COVID policies
Rachel Morris considers the malaise of modern Britain as the Conservatives initiate Austerity 2.0
From mental health services to tuition fees, the Government has damaged the welfare and prosperity of the next generation, writes Daisy Steinhardt
Nic Murray explores the Chancellor’s underfunded and misjudged scheme to help deprived families make ends meet
Sir David Barclay (left) and his twin brother Sir Frederick after receiving their knighthoods from the Queen at Buckingham Palace in 2000. Photo: Michael Stephens/PA Wire/PA Images
The current cost of living crisis can be placed firmly in the context of the Conservative Party’s antipathy to the strife of the working class, says Thomas Perrett