The Mandelson scandal reveals a political settlement in which democratic choice is curtailed and the power of markets eclipses the will of voters – only the left can challenge this, writes JON TRICKETT MP
THE first time I saw the Kwasi Kwarteng speak, he was telling an audience of Tory Party members that Britain needed to slash taxes back to “pre-war” levels.
The war he meant was World War I. Now he is business secretary.
If a Cabinet minister wants to cut government back to pre-NHS days, what does that mean for Boris Johnson’s “levelling-up” agenda?
The 2025 Budget shores up the PM’s political position with headline-grabbing welfare U-turns, but with no improvements on offer to declining public services or living standards, writes MICHAEL BURKE
Martin Taylor, the hedge-fund multimillionaire who has poured millions into pushing Labour rightwards, helped finance Lucy Powell’s supposedly dissenting campaign — suggesting her victory was not the ‘soft-left’ rebellion some have claimed, says SOLOMON HUGHES



