1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (196+ words) Andy Burnham’s growing pains New Statesman When Andy Burnham stood on the steps of Downing Street on his first day as Prime Minister, he pledged to build “a new economic model” for the UK. But if John Healey’s first speech…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (188+ words) newstatesman.com Mayors have a track record of leadership at times of national crisis. Richard Cobden in 1840s Manchester, Joseph Chamberlain in late 19th-century Birmingham and Fiorello La Guardia, who ran New York from 1934 to 1945, focused on local problems but developed…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (81+ words) newstatesman.com Samuels was a frightening place, boasting one of the UK’s most incongruous dancing poles. But it had a semi-functioning pool table and that was good enough for us. Until the frankly remarkable quantity of dog poo on the…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (212+ words) New Statesman “He was the future once,” David Cameron observed, mockingly, during his first exchange with Tony Blair at Prime Minister’s Questions back in 2005. The remark was cutting because it poked fun at one of Blairism’s most fundamental conceits: that…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago   (100+ words) How Burnham’s Britain can gain the edge in life sciences New Statesman Our country has historically been at the forefront of innovation. We need to bw flexible to fend off competition By Preet Kaur Gill During my time as minister…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (198+ words) New Statesman At the 1878 Congress of Berlin, the German chancellor Otto von Bismarck famously said that Albania was nothing more than “a geographical expression”. To counter this sentiment, Albanian leaders established the League of Prizren to advance Albanian interests and…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (81+ words) New Statesman This column is our weekly pub review, written by pintsmen, women and children across the nation. Suggestions to [email protected] The wonderful thing about the White Horse (aka Nellies) in Beverley, East Yorkshire, is that you never know who…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (263+ words) newstatesman.com The National Lottery runs a game called “Set For Life” in which people can enter for a chance of winning £10,000 a month for the next 30 years. As with all lotteries, the chances are vanishingly small (you’d need to…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (195+ words) New Statesman In the far-flung reaches of London Zone 5 lies Hatton Cross, a station most Tube passengers only encounter as the place to change trains in a panic if you realise you’re headed for the wrong Heathrow terminal. I step…...