Why does Reform seem unassailable? Because this is party conference season, when politicos always lose the plot
They wrote off Margaret Thatcher in 1981 when the SDP – like Reform today – was ascendant. They were wrong about her; they could also be about Starmer, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
Labour’s new candid and confrontational mood could be the thing that saves this government
For once, Starmer’s premiership seems energised – the task will be building this into a campaign for next year’s crucial local elections, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett
Will Labour’s fracking ban end practice in the UK for good?
Ed Miliband’s move to bring forward ban is gambit to stop would-be Reform voters from backing Nigel Farage’s pro-fracking party
Will Labour’s fracking ban end practice in the UK for good?
Ed Miliband’s move to bring forward ban is gambit to stop would-be Reform voters from backing Nigel Farage’s pro-fracking party
UK politics: Powell victory in Labour’s deputy leader contest would mean ‘division and disunity’, Phillipson suggests – as it happened
Lucy Powell and Bridget Phillipson put their cases to party members at Labour’s conference on Wednesday
My conference pass was revoked for asking difficult questions: this is Keir Starmer’s Labour
I was told it was a ‘safeguarding’ issue. This speaks to a party that has not only lost its soul, but is scared of the truth, writes Guardian columnist Owen Jones
Was this Starmer’s best speech? Yes. But he’ll need a new battle plan to convince a doubting Britain
The era when a barnstorming address would turn political fortunes is gone. The PM is out of step with modern digital politics and needs to catch up, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle
Labour plans to consult on use of live facial recognition before wider roll-out
Policing minister says government will ‘put some parameters’ around its deployment in England
Now we know what patriotism means to Shabana Mahmood – can she harness that to unite rather than divide us?
The home secretary is wrestling the debate back towards integration and belonging, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
Labour just doesn’t get it: workers feel poorer than ever. Is it any wonder Reform is rising?
Until the government starts tacking in a radically new direction, it will continue crashing in the polls. It could – and must – act differently, says Sharon Graham, general secretary of Unite
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