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Letter: I was saved by access to LGBTQ+ literature in the anti-gay hostile environment of Thatcher’s Britain, says Vincent Finney

It has become a common complaint among some Labour supporters that Keir Starmer and shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves are being too cautious about their spending commitments in preparing for a future Labour government. At a recent national policy forum, the leadership clashed with the party’s left, which argued against “fiscal…

Truss resigned after 45 days with the country in economic meltdown following her the 2022 mini budget

Jet stream to blame for damp squib, meteorologists explain

Black Labrador Req, instrumental in solving arson and murder cases, passes the torch to his protégé Loki.

Rishi Sunak and the Conservative Party appear to have concluded, on the basis of a solitary and surprise by-election victory, to trash the Government’s record on the environment. It is a curious decision — and one that threatens not only Britain’s ability to combat catastrophic climate change, but also ignores…

Ipsos survey for Standard shows PM’s lowest satisfaction score

Exclusive: Former European trade commissioner Peter Mandelson says trying to circumvent Brussels was always going to backfire

I’m afraid I have what might be shocking news – Ken Clarke is quite right-wing. He may hold heterodox views on Europe (a conviction that cost him the party leadership on multiple occasions), but Clarke’s reputation as a Tory ‘wet’ belies both his record and his admiration for Margaret Thatcher.

The Tower of London’s Crown Jewel exhibition, which reopened in May, is a turning point in the museum’s narrative. As British institutions have increasingly made moves to investigate their connections to slavery, there has been a gradual acceptance of the complicated nature of the nation’s history, which does not sit…

Welcome, then, to Slug Britain. A place that gets slower by the minute. A few days ago, as I was hurtling out of Liverpool Street Tube station at 6.50am, my hand holding my debit card, ready to swipe it against the ticket machine, I walked smack right into an example…