Your guide to the etiquette and manners of the new regime By Finn McRedmond Take your tie off, throw out your textbooks, load up TikTok – we do things a little differently around here. And c’mon son, ...

The introduction of new prime ministers is becoming a mass media ritual By Will Dunn It’s 8.42am on Monday 20 July. We’re on the scene in Downing Street with only two-and-a-half hours to wait before ...

In his first days in No 10, Andy Burnham showed his determination to do politics differently By Ailbhe Rea Andy Burnham, the UK’s 59th prime minister, began his premiership as he means to go on: as in ...

Kevin Keegan, one of England’s great footballers, died on 20 July 2026 aged 75 after a battle with cancer. When the two-time European Footballer of the Year was appointed England manager at the end of ...

Why did Andy Burnham pick John Healey? His appointment as chancellor is less about politics, and more about the practice of government By Ethan Croft In an early sign of how leak-proof the Andy ...

Some polls now put Labour neck-and-neck with Reform. It may not last By Ben Walker Andy Burnham is one of the most popular politicians in Britain today, but that doesn’t mean much. The new Prime ...

Andy Burnham has promised to “change politics” with a new political and economic model for Britain. In his first Downing ...

Ethan Croft is a New Statesman political correspondent. The outgoing prime minister said he leaves “with a smile” as his “work is done” The Reform UK leader is facing the biggest fight of his ...

Slavoj Žižek is a philosopher, author, cultural theorist and intellectual. He currently holds academic positions at the University of London, New York University and University of Ljubljana. He has ...