John Rentoul

The former chancellor says Rachel Reeves’s budget ‘black hole’ is fiction. John Rentoul examines whether voters will listen

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The leader of the Tory need not worry. She and her team can quell the rise of Farage – and the answer is simple, writes John Rentoul

Shabana Mahmood, the justice secretary, needs to be careful in trying to speed up the criminal justice system, says John Rentoul. The right to be tried by one’s peers should not be given up so lightly

The inevitable fallout from Labour’s housebuilding drive to build 1.5 million new homes – which removes the power from local people to block the developments – will soon come knocking at the deputy prime minister’s door, says John Rentoul

The prime minister defied predictions of a hung parliament in this year’s election – and took pleasure of reminding me of the fact. But what can he – and his political rivals – expect to encounter in the coming 12 months?

It is time for liberals to accept that, sometimes, there is such a thing as ‘two-tier justice’, says John Rentoul

By alienating the demographic most likely to turn out to vote, Keir Starmer will now struggle to shake off accusations that his government is happy to say one thing and do another, says John Rentoul

Morgan McSweeney, the prime minister's chief of staff , is afraid of Nigel Farage. He is right to be. Farage is one of the most important politicians of recent British history.

The Reform leader is one of the most important politicians of recent British history. He ought to be taken seriously, writes John Rentoul