Sunak refuses to say if aide who bet on election date knew about timing – as it happened
PM says it ‘would not be appropriate’ to say whether Craig Williams knew that he was going to call a July election
May 2024
Pass notes
I’m with the band: who knew Antony Blinken could play rock classics?
The US secretary of state, who performed with a Kyiv band in a bar this week, is the latest musically inclined politician to hit the stage
February 2024
Put aside differences to focus on growth across UK, Ed Balls tells politicians
Former shadow chancellor is one of the authors of a new academic paper on how to bridge the regional divide
January 2024
Welcome to the age of the ‘dadcast’: ubiquitous, lucrative – and a bit boring
Archie Bland
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
Ed Balls says Starmer should perform ‘big U-turn’ and drop £28bn as size of green jobs plan – as it happened
Ed Balls kicks Susanna Reid in the head on Good Morning Britain
2:18
'A little birdie told me': Osborne hints at 14 November for UK general election – video
December 2023
2023 in Culture
The 20 best podcasts of 2023
From fake porn stars to staggering environmental exposés, it’s been a year of extraordinary audio – not least the ‘poodunnit’. It’s our top pods of the year!
October 2023
Economics viewpoint
Britain’s inequalities are growing and levelling up is difficult. Here’s why
Larry Elliott
Collaboration and funding are key to reversing the regional divide, but both are in short supply
September 2023
If only Ed had the balls to cut the podcast bantz and take George Osborne to task
Catherine Bennett
Miranda Sawyer on podcasts and radio
The week in audio: The Gift; Political Currency; When It Hits the Fan; Newscast – review
July 2023
So George Osborne has a new podcast. What do the victims of his austerity policies get?
Aditya Chakrabortty
Best of frenemies: can George Osborne and Ed Balls’s blokey bantz erase austerity’s scars?
Andrew Anthony
June 2023
‘We’re frenemies’: George Osborne and Ed Balls to launch economics podcast
Former chancellor and ex-shadow chancellor will discuss and analyse the state of the British economy
April 2023
I was used as a scapegoat when Baby P died – Sunak’s attacks on social workers are dangerous
Sharon Shoesmith
I lost my job and was vilified in the media. Social workers must stand up against baseless accusations, says former director of education and children’s social care Sharon Shoesmith
March 2023
Economics viewpoint
Want to properly plug the UK’s north-south divide? Look to Germany
Larry Elliott
Boosting spending power, increasing public funding for science and tech skills, R&D and infrastructure could work
February 2023
Starmer talks up five ‘national missions’ after Balls’ criticism
Labour leader tells business leaders he is determined ‘to fix the fundamentals’ of the British economy
December 2022
Could big beasts from Labour’s past walk into Keir Starmer’s cabinet?
With the party eyeing election victory, figures such as Ed Balls or David Miliband have been the subject of speculation
November 2022
British politicians on reality TV – video
Making a Splash! The politicians who couldn’t say no to reality TV
