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The average secretary of state in the new cabinet has just 17 months of top-level ministerial experience. → Read More
Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak’s proposals fall short of what is needed, but there are issues with Labour’s plan too. → Read More
They have contributed 58 per cent of the party’s donations and loans so far this year. → Read More
More than 50 people on the government payroll resigned in protest at the Prime Minister’s handling of the Christopher Pincher affair. → Read More
Exclusive: A majority of voters in the UK support a guaranteed monthly income from the state in every region, in both major social classes and in all age groups under 65. → Read More
Exclusive: A majority of voters in the UK support a guaranteed monthly income from the state in every region, in both major social classes and in all age groups under 65. → Read More
The Elizabeth Line will shorten commutes for one in four Londoners, according to a New Statesman analysis. Use the interactive tool to do better. → Read More
Sixty nine per cent of US adults oppose overturning Roe vs Wade. → Read More
British nationals currently detained in camps include “victims and desperate women who were coerced, manipulated, or criminally forced to travel” to Iraq and Syria. → Read More
British exports to Germany are 19 per cent below pre-pandemic levels, while EU exports are 30 per cent higher. → Read More
The 39 men still held there have all been detained for at least 14 years, out of reach of the US court system. → Read More
UK trade with the EU has fallen sharply, new figures from the Office for Budget Responsibility show. → Read More
Data analysis by the New Statesman shows the share of abuse from anonymous and named accounts. → Read More
In just 25 minutes, Google search traffic for Twitter rose by 50 per cent. → Read More
Low-income countries have received just 0.4 per cent of vaccine doses. → Read More
With schools reopening across England this week, government scientists have described a fresh surge in Covid-19 cases as “highly likely”. One reason given by the scientists is the extremely low rates of vaccination among school-age children. In England no more than 13.3 per cent of 12-17 year olds had received at least one vaccine dose by 22 August, according to a New → Read More
Once praised for their effective containment of Covid-19, the governments of Australia and New Zealand have attracted growing criticism for the slow pace of their vaccine programmes. Only in late July did the pace of vaccination in either country reach levels surpassed by the US and UK in January. In New Zealand, prime minister Jacinda Ardern has extended a nationwide → Read More
Last night (16 August), Joe Biden addressed the nation from the White House to defend his decision to withdraw US soldiers from Afghanistan. “American troops cannot and should not be fighting in a war and dying in a war that Afghan forces are not willing to fight for themselves,” he said. Afghans have borne the brunt of the conflict Death toll of the war in Afghanistan, as → Read More
With the COP26 international climate conference just months away, net zero targets are proliferating. Net zero targets allow governments and businesses to continue emitting carbon into the atmosphere so long as these emissions are offset through carbon capture, such as planting trees or bioenergy crops. But a new report by Oxfam has revealed the amount of land that would need → Read More
Euro 2020 has prompted much discussion about the impact on English self-identity, but relatively little reflection on the meaning of the tournament for Scotland. Support for Scottish independence has risen since 2017, reaching a peak of 54 per cent last winter. The most recent polling suggests that, of those with a settled opinion, 52 per cent would support independence. As → Read More