“JEWS have no better friends in this country than the Labour Party.” So said the Jewish Chronicle in 1920. Almost a century on the newspaper’s tone has changed. When it emerged that Labour’s leader, ...

Despite the significant fall in Labour’s support in the polls, the party hoped to escape without much visible damage in the local elections on Thursday. After all, most of the seats at stake were ...

The crisis of this-great-party-of-ours runs deeper than its leader - Carlos Jasso/Reuters Why is this Government so completely hopeless? Since September alone we’ve had Rayner, Mandelson, the China ...

Chris Allen does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

Labour is facing allegations of cronyism after appointing several of its backers to prominent civil service roles. Ian Corfield, a former banker who has donated over £20,000 to Labour politicians, ...

The COVID‑19 global pandemic outbreak in 2020 sent an unprecedented shockwave across labour markets worldwide, shooting up unemployment to alarming heights. As the global economy gradually rebounds, ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Governments are like plays: if the third act is unsatisfactory, the problem can usually be traced back to the ...

Steven Parfitt does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

In an article for The Times, Ephraim Mirvis warns that “a new poison - sanctioned from the very top - has taken root” in the party, and claims “the overwhelming majority of British Jews are gripped by ...