Robert Colvile

A pivotal by-election could reshape British politics. Aberdeen South, with its 2010-2023 jobs decline, holds unseen significance for the Conservatives

Labour’s inability to reconcile its instinct to spend with the financial markets’ demand that it saves has doomed Starmer — and will probably doom Burnham too

Squabbles over air conditioning and climate change sum up two philosophies battling for supremacy

Andy Burnham wants to pivot power to the north. But starving our primary economic engine of new housing will only leave Britain poorer

Everyone sees America’s economy is going gangbusters, but could Britain be that far behind? With data this poor it’s almost impossible to find out

The problem with the the Patriotic Millionaires pledge isn’t hypocrisy, it’s idiocy

We need to devolve more power, to trust the people again, but what if they use it to do things the government doesn’t like?

This week’s Clacton by-election is an amusing no-contest. A more engrossing battle for right-wing voters lies ahead

Britain lost an average of 18 chain-store outlets daily in six years. Can towns truly thrive when retail employment has stagnated for years?

At last, politicians have woken up to the urgent importance of fixing the machinery of government