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Expert analysis of the leaked Labour party manifesto and how the parties are trying to manage their media messaging.
We asked two academics to check Jeremy Hunt’s figures.
The Conservatives claim the energy market is broken. Are they right?
Everything you need to know about the recent local and mayoral elections.
Talk of punishing parties for their stance on the referendum may be overhyped – not least because of all the confusion about where each actually stands.
The war of words is underway: who will come out on top is far from clear.
The former chancellor has no experience of journalism, but that hasn’t prevented him from taking over London’s most important newspaper.
Riven by dispute about the idea of liberalism espoused by Robert Menzies, and increasingly at risk of fracture, a once great party is in turmoil.
It held on in Stoke, but Labour has suffered a humiliating defeat to the governing party in Copeland.
Academics have little confidence in the current higher education reforms.
The Conservatives held on to the former prime ministers local seat but have lost votes to their former coalition partners.
Theresa May shouldn’t look to France, Germany or Switzerland for alternative healthcare models. They have problems of their own.
Trump revisited familiar themes during his economic address in Detroit and offered a few new ones. Two of our economic experts express their takeaways.
In the last 12 months, under the leadership of an eastern suburbs small-l liberal, the Liberal Party has decided it wants to look more like the party of Hewson than the party of Howard.
After expertly manoeuvring to derail Boris Johnson, Michael Gove made his entry at last.
Media coverage of the debate has so far been dominated by Conservative men
Several recently reported cross-cultural studies show the correlation between social conservatism and intelligence is lower than previously thought.
The working-class son of a bus driver has been elected to one of the most important roles in UK politics.
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