Andrew Marr

London

Political Editor at The New Statesman

Presenter at LBC

LBC presenter, political editor New Statesman, painter, Scot

Articles

Why China is winning

1 day ago | newstatesman.com | Andrew Marr

It is impossible to be certain – journalists are lousy soothsayers – but if we take a cold, hard, logical look, then China will win. In the conflict for supremacy that is now raging between the Communist Party leadership in Beijing and President Trump’s Washington, we should bet on China. This isn’t a cheerful thing to say. It has momentous consequences for the UK.
What Russia can still teach us

1 week ago | afr.com | Andrew Marr

We are the willing prisoners of the chances of our lives – upbringings, friendships, lucky (and unlucky) breaks. It happened that I was born into an outsider’s love of Russian culture. The first serious novel my mother pressed on me was War and Peace.
The art alliance

2 weeks ago | newstatesman.com | Andrew Marr

We are the willing prisoners of the chances of our lives – upbringings, friendships, lucky (and unlucky) breaks. It happened that I was born into an outsider’s love of Russian culture. The first serious novel my mother pressed on me was War and Peace.
Keir Starmer’s government is becoming a crisis regime

3 weeks ago | newstatesman.com | Andrew Marr

It goes on. Another week of uncontrollable global drama. Another week of daunting economic news. More days, despite the spring sunshine, of almost visible national gloom. So let us cut to the quick and talk, because we must, of Larry the cat. Downing Street, says one insider who knows the place well, “smells of failure”. On an early morning, there is an acrid, decaying, greyish tang.
One day I look forward to a statement that hits people like me, rather than those who can’t afford to eat

4 weeks ago | lbc.co.uk | Andrew Marr

One day I look forward to a statement that hits people like me, rather than those who can’t afford to eat 26 March 2025, 17:47 | Updated: 26 March 2025, 17:50 Picture: Getty By Andrew Marr @AndrewMarr9Well, it wasn’t as bad as we feared. It was considerably worse. They call it a spring statement. It felt more like a midwinter statement, cold and hard and dark.
Peacekeepers in a world without peace

4 weeks ago | newstatesman.com | Andrew Marr

The world has changed.” The reliably dog-ate-my-homework excuse before Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement has the bracing advantage of being unarguably true. But its truth matters far, far more than simply for civil service numbers or tax rates. We are living through a new world, one of competing empires, in which old language and thinking fails. The most obvious example today is the Ukraine war negotiation in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, which asks hard questions of London.
Rachel Reeves cannot disguise the pain to come

4 weeks ago | newstatesman.com | Andrew Marr

The rare glimmers of sunlight were brief flickers only. Spring Statement? Midwinter, more like. After halving its growth forecast for this year to just 1 per cent, the Office of Budget Responsibility did increase its projections for the years ahead. Rachel Reeves was pleased enough about that to leave it as a punchline. But each year, that still means growth below 2 per cent – upgrades of 0.1 per cent or 0.2 per cent each year are so watery, so feeble that most people won’t notice.
The Palantir problem

1 month ago | newstatesman.com | Andrew Marr

On 28 February, Keir Starmer had a great success with Donald Trump in the Oval Office. After listening to a variety of people with close knowledge of Maga and the presidency, he struck the right notes in reassuring Trump on defence spending and closer British-American technical cooperation. Where did he go next? Not to high-five his staff or indulge in a celebratory beer, but to an ugly, liver-coloured brick building at 1025 Thomas Jefferson Street NW.
EIS disqualifying arrangements: jumping through the Hoopla

1 month ago | taxjournal.com | Tom Wilde |Andrew Marr |Sam Epstein |Tom Margesson

The ‘no disqualifying arrangements requirement’ (ITA 2007 s 178A) was introduced into the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) legislation by FA 2012 and applies to all EIS shares that have been issued since 6 April 2012. It was introduced as anti-avoidance legislation to target arrangements which the Government saw arguably rightly as outside the spirit of the legislation.
When is 20% not 20%?

1 month ago | taxjournal.com | Andrew Marr |Sam Epstein |Tom Margesson |Ian Zeider

The impact of the Budget’s proposed reforms to business and agricultural property relief (BPR and APR) has garnered a lot of attention insofar as it will affect farmers – as evidenced by the increasingly popular use of the term ‘family farm tax’. However, it will also have a huge impact on the owners of trading businesses and an even greater impact on trading companies.