Isabel Hardman

‘Corridor care' should be an oxymoron, but is instead such a feature of the NHS now that nearly 3,000 people a day found themselves being treated in corridors, cupboards or even car parks last month.

Voters in Makerfield haven’t even gone to the polling stations, but already the Labour leadership contest is well into a detailed exposition of what Andy Burnham – rather than any of the other contenders – might do. A few ‘star’ new MPs had been...

Claire Coutinho emerged as the Tory frontbencher taking deputy prime minister’s questions today, with the shadow energy secretary focusing on oil and gas licences and cabinet dysfunction. Those two topics are more closely related this week than usual...

There was a telling moment in Andy Burnham’s second bid to be Labour leader where he was put firmly in place by his own wife. The pair had sat down for an interview for one of Burnham’s own campaign videos, and Marie-France van Heel – known to her...

Keir Starmer looked visibly emotional as he walked up to the lectern in Downing Street this morning to resign as PM

Isabel Hardman: The new PM's worst inheritance will be a party that gets intensely emotional about welfare

Before the Prime Minister could reply, the Speaker intervened to make a reasonable point about the language Kemi Badenoch was using

By the end of this year, Britain will have had (at least) seven prime ministers in the past decade – and more than 700 recommendations on how to stop the ongoing scandal in NHS maternity services. None of which have – as yet – been implemented. The...

By the end of this year, Britain will have had (at least) seven prime ministers in the past decade – and more than 700 recommendations on how to stop the ongoing scandal in NHS maternity services.

Andy Burnham needs to have a much more strategic approach to how he whips and how he responds to party concerns