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Some senior figures in party fear appointment of interim replacement for ex-PM could present Nigel Farage with an ‘open goal’

There’s been an energy to Starmer’s slumber and beneath the chancellor’s surface dullness there lies hope

Penny Mordaunt, Jacob Rees-Mogg and former prime minister Liz Truss were among the Tory big beasts who lost their seats

Letters: Prof Helen Smith, David Rennie and Prof John Denham on the dire state of university funding

Letters: Janette Ward is filled with hope after living in a wasteland, Helen Beioley felt surprisingly proud while reading the paper, while Robert Dyson would like to see the House of Commons become more civilised

Brief letters: France election results | Polluted rivers | Buckwheat for the bees | Where’s summer? | Winning at sport

KEIR Starmer has been urged to act quickly to compenstate women affected by changes to the state pension age.

Are their outfits too expensive? Do they wield some undeclared influence? Labour women are under attack – and it feels just like the 1950s, says Zoe Williams

OUR new Chancellor of the Exchequer concluded her first major speech in that role by saying "there is no time to waste". I wish she would…

ANTI-monarchy campaigners have confirmed plans to protest the "pantomime" State Opening of Parliament next week.

When it comes to Israel and Palestine, the Labour party has a complex historical legacy. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is acutely aware of the lessons of the past, particularly from when Jeremy Corbyn was Labour leader, about the ability of this conflict to pitch the party into a state of…