Labour

Why Ending Homelessness May Elude Burnham’s Government

Andy Burnham enters Downing Street pledging to end rough sleeping, importing Finland's acclaimed housing formula into a far larger and costlier national crisis.

Burnham Builds Politics Through Manchester Music

Andy Burnham has turned Manchester music into a political identity that sets him apart from Westminster Labour.

Sovereign AI Fund Picks Blair’s Daughter-in-Law to Lead It

Britain's ÂŁ500 million Sovereign AI fund has chosen Tony Blair's daughter-in-law to lead it, and the appointment says as much about how power circulates in British tech as it does about the fund's ambitions.

From Manchester to Washington: Foreign War Fuels Electoral Upheaval

As a surprise election win in Manchester stuns the British establishment, the drumbeat of war in Iran is already rewriting the rules for the US midterms.

Switzerland Votes on 10 Million Population Cap

Ten million people. One country. Direct democracy decides where growth stops.

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Hollywood Takes Homer and Greece Pushes Back

Christopher Nolan had every right to reinvent Homer, but Greek frustration reveals what is lost when a living cultural inheritance becomes Hollywood spectacle.

Iran and Ukraine’s Wars Are Converging

Caspian strike on Iranian ship and warnings to Europe suggest two wars merge into one conflagration.

The US-Saudi Nuclear Deal Normalises Enrichment in the Gulf

The US-Saudi nuclear agreement may be civilian in name, but its enrichment provisions could persuade other Middle Eastern states that nuclear latency is becoming the region's new measure of power.

Greece Keeps Betting on Golden Visa Capital

Greece is preserving its golden visa programme because foreign capital remains valuable to its recovery, even as property investment worsens pressure on housing.

Andy Burnham Plans to Retax British Homes

Burnham weighs a property tax overhaul that could redirect who pays for Britain's homes.