The New Statesman

The New Statesman

The New Statesman is a magazine based in London that focuses on politics and culture in the UK. It began as a weekly publication that reviewed political issues and literature on April 12, 1913. At its inception, it had ties to notable figures like Sidney and Beatrice Webb, who were prominent members of the socialist Fabian Society. Currently, the magazine identifies itself as having a left-of-centre political stance.

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  • 1 day ago | newstatesman.com | George Eaton

    Rachel Reeves is not where she wanted to be. When the Chancellor announced winter fuel payment cuts almost a year ago they were designed to advertise her strength. In order to restore economic stability, ran the narrative, Reeves would venture where previous governments feared to tread (David Cameron repeatedly rejected Tory demands to means-test pensioner benefits). Wonks applauded her taboo-busting.

  • 2 days ago | newstatesman.com | Hunter Davies

    With no Premier League football cluttering up the back pages, the papers can now devote themselves entirely to tennis, cricket and, if necessary, backgammon. But the season isn’t truly over, of course, until we’ve looked back on its highlights, surprises and oddities…Well done to Chelsea for waking up at the end of the season and wining a Euro pot, or whatever it was. High fives to Spurs for finishing a magnificent 17th in the Prem, one place above the drop. And also winning a Euro pot.

  • 2 days ago | newstatesman.com | Megan Gibson

    It’s impossible to know what, precisely, sparked the change. For the past 20 months we have seen horrifying images and video clips depicting the death and suffering of innocent Palestinians in Gaza – and yet so many in the West defended Israel’s brutal assault. The bombing of hospitals, the targeted shooting of children, the slow starvation of an entire population was, until very recently, met with near silence from some corners or tepid calls for a ceasefire from others.

  • 2 days ago | newstatesman.com | Jason Cowley

    A few days before the Runcorn and Helsby by-election, at a meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party, John Healey, the Defence  Secretary, urged colleagues to campaign in a constituency that was in danger of being captured by Nigel Farage’s Reform UK. It was, he told them, “too close to call”.

  • 2 days ago | newstatesman.com | Ben Walker

    On Saturday (31 May) Andy Burnham launched a broad critique of the government. “I believe you do have to take on the right,” the mayor of greater Manchester told a crowd in London, “but what’s the best way to do that?” Definitely not by aping their rhetoric” he added. “We see from Canada and Australia that a strong, confident left, which leans into what we believe, rather than tilting the other way, can win and can win well.”He is mostly (but not entirely) right.