The week in audio: Suella Braverman on LBC; Dangerous Memories; World of Secrets: The Apartheid Killer – review
Digested week
Relax, Starmergeddon hasn’t happened. The grownups are in charge
John Crace
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
Rachel Reeves says new government has inherited ‘worst set of circumstances since second world war’ – as it happened
Emily Thornberry ‘sorry and surprised’ not to be given cabinet role by Starmer
Starmer installs non-political ministers in ‘government of all the talents’
Football, faith and Fabianism: what books by the new frontbenchers tell us about the way Labour will govern
May 2024
Carer's allowance crisis
‘It feels like contempt’: DWP tells 85-year-old dementia patient to repay £13k
Cypriot-born Sia Kasparis, who speaks limited English, was not told about disability premium overpayment for several years
February 2024
Chancellor gave Fujitsu executive advice on gaining contracts
Exclusive: Labour says emails show ‘same old informal route for Tory cronies appears to be fully open for business’
December 2023
May election is ‘worst kept secret in Westminster’, says senior Labour MP
Curtain down! See out 2023 with our favourite portraits – in pictures
August 2023
First centre depicting UK role in anti-apartheid struggle to open in London
Focusing on movement’s history and legacy, centre will be housed in former ANC HQ bombed by South African police in 1982
July 2023
Sunak’s private jet to Scotland may have breached ministerial code, says Labour
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
Byelection results: Keir Starmer blames Uxbridge defeat on Ulez and calls for Sadiq Khan to ‘reflect’ on it – as it happened
April 2023
Labour plans ban on global scammers’ spoof phone calls to UK
Emily Thornberry defends ‘legitimate question’ in Labour’s Sunak attack ad
February 2023
The G2 interview
Emily Thornberry: ‘A whip threw me against a wall. He was so close I got spit in my face’
The Labour MP has never let her loyalty get in the way of a good scrap. She discusses her clashes with Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and Ed Miliband – and why Keir Starmer is on course to win
September 2022
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
Keir Starmer promises to launch publicly-owned UK energy company as he hails ‘Labour moment’ – as it happened
Liz Truss faces questions over Foreign Office spending
August 2022
Promoting junior prosecutors will help clear courts backlog, says Labour
Emily Thornberry says plan will ‘get the wheels of justice turning’ as almost 350,000 cases await trial
June 2022
Female Labour MPs call on PM to scrap new rape victim guidance
More than 100 MPs write to Boris Johnson saying guidance will lead survivors to avoid seeking therapy
