The new leader wants to be radical and a profile of his members suggests they will follow him.
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The self-proclaimed populist has won a leadership contest a year after the party’s best election result ever. These are the challenges that lie ahead.
The Conservatives and Labour have allowed resentment to fester in the biggest part of the UK – and the only region not to have its own parliament.
Even though the position is now coveted by politicians, Londoners don’t feel their mayors are delivering.
The pale blue strip is unlikely to become Reform’s version of the Maga hat.
They suck up energy and water and don’t employ many people, but the UK economy really needs more data centres.
In the Fens of eastern England, small-scale farmers fear for their future amid ‘astronomical’ costs and flatlining income.
Proportional voting is, at least philosophically speaking, the best electoral system.
Strong leaders in business are often those able to allow others in their top team to share responsibility.
People’s fears of crime are shaped by the political context in which they grew up.
38% of Anglicans rate their likelihood of voting for the party as high.
The UK wants to allow 16 and 17-year-olds to vote in the next general election in 2029. 5 experts give their verdicts on if Australia should do the same.
When it comes to healthcare, state intervention can save lives and money.
As part of a raft of new measures, people will no longer need to register themselves to vote.
Changing the law opens space for a wider conversation about where young people sit in British society.
The results of last year’s election show how pointless it is to continue raising spending limits.
Poor messaging and internal strife are undermining this government’s promise.
No one else could have been called – in the words of Labour’s Michael Foot – a ‘semi-house-trained polecat’.
63% of respondents said Keir Starmer does not respect people like them.
On the first anniversary of the 2024 election, a Labour historian puts Keir Starmer’s government in context.
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125th Anniversary Chair and Professor of Politics and Public Policy at the University of Birmingham, University of Sheffield
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Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
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