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Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves takes part in a townhall session at the Calthorpe Community Gardens in London, December 18, 2025
Economy / 6 January 2026
6 January 2026

After 15 years of spending cuts and regressive redistribution, the British economy is weaker, investment is still anaemic and living standards are stalled – yet all major parties remain committed to a policy that has repeatedly failed to deliver recovery, says MICHAEL BURKE

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, July 14, 2025
Eyes Wright / 1 January 2026
1 January 2026

Labour’s decline, Tory exhaustion and the advance of Reform UK signal the end of stable two-party rule, with British politics entering a volatile new phase, says NICK WRIGHT

Cartoon: Sally Lewis
Cartoon / 30 December 2025
30 December 2025

BEN CHACKO salutes the Morning Star cartoonists

People at an Amnesty International vigil for British-Egyptian writer Alaa Abd el-Fattah, outside the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) in Westminster, London, July 3, 2023
Human Rights / 29 December 2025
29 December 2025

Campaigners urge Labour ministers not to entertain Tory and Reform UK's ‘racist’ calls to strip human rights activist Alaa Abd Fattah of his citizenship over decades-old social media posts

President Donald Trump speaks during a Mexican Border Defense Medal presentation in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Dec. 15, 2025
Media / 16 December 2025
16 December 2025
Lord Malcolm Offord speaking at the MacDonald Inchyra Hotel & Spa in Falkirk, he was announced by Nigel Farage as the latest defector to join the party during the rally in Falkirk, December 6, 2025
Far Right / 7 December 2025
7 December 2025