The defector Andrea Jenkyns is running for mayor of Greater Lincolnshire – and dispirited Tories are watching closely.

If America ever stops being the world’s leading power, then the dollar would also cease being the global reserve currency.

After a bin strike that has run for weeks, rubbish and rats are consuming Birmingham. Have we forgotten our second city?

People from other countries are buying access to the UK state pension and receiving a retirement of guaranteed, inflation-protected income at the expense of the British taxpayer. I can reveal that not ...

Sampling a selection of bottles available at reduced prices to readers through the recently launched New Statesman Wine Club.

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Climate Emergency UK. Local authorities are critical to tackling rising emissions and the decline of nature.

On 11 April China’s commerce ministry raised its tariffs on the US again to 125 percent. By Katie Stallard Xi Jinping does not want a protracted trade war with the United States. He understands that ...

The country needs a Thatcher or a Blair to provide a dose of fiscal reality. By Chris Deerin The names of Graeme Roy and Stephen Boyle won’t ring many, if any, bells with the average Scottish voter.

Can negotiations or military action stop Iran getting a nuclear weapon? By Lawrence Freedman On 12 April US and Iranian teams will meet in Oman to find a way out of the impasse on Iran’s nuclear ...

A pause on most tariffs has been applied for 90 days, but the chaos continues. Thanks to Donald Trump and his dodgy formula, last week tariffs were applied to countries all over the world.