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In his book The Care Dilemma, the journalist David Goodhart argues that advances in individual freedom have had unintended ...

The war in Ukraine has reached new global dimensions.

Angela Rayner’s appointment as Deputy Prime Minister back in July came as no surprise. But it was still a victory for the ...

For Democrats, the summer’s “politics of joy” has turned into an autumn of deepening anxiety.

On a journey through Ukraine, the Labour peer identifies the ancient tracks linking pogroms against Jews in eastern Europe to ...

America's diplomats are going in circles – closely followed by Bob Woodward. By Freddie Hayward If Secretary of State Anthony ...

Or maybe not. The result is a disaster for the EU and for Maia Sandu, Moldova’s pro-Europe president. She needed more support. The previous polls suggested a large majority in favour of EU membership.

US politics is entrenched into two camps, each immune to appeals from the other. Between them lies a mass of apathetic voters ...

Write to [email protected] to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine. By New Statesman Paul Collier ...

Reform is winning where wealth growth is weak. We need radical solutions. By Liam Byrne After an uncertain start, the Budget ...

The ex-Radio 2 editor on talking to strangers and the power of collective community.