UK Politics

The spectre of Boris Johnson's assault on standards in public life is slowly retreating, argues Josiah Mortimer

In his monthly column, John Mitchinson explores how a country house party in Oxfordshire helped invent democracy

Millionaire landowners are using dubious statistics to campaign against the Government's inheritance tax reforms

European leaders fear Donald Trump could soon open Europe's doors to Moscow

The UK Government is dominated by figures from a discredited past at a time of radical global change, argues Neal Lawson

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

'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'

For the sake of Britain, Europe and humanity, it’s time for us to get back with the European team, argues Mike Galsworthy

Conservative ministers purchased the contaminated land and asbestos-ridden buildings, despite warnings from officials

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