The ex factor

Transport Secretaries -and Prime Ministers -have been a mixed bunch over the past 80 years. In our latest Top 10, HOWARD JOHNSTON counts down his personal view of who have been the most influential in deciding the future of our railway… for good and bad

Controversy of the week The Starmer drama “Keir ...

“The race to replace Keir Starmer has begun,” said ...

“Is Britain having a collective nervous breakdown?” asks Camilla Cavendish in the Financial Times. Almost two-thirds of voters think we are heading in the wrong direction, while our government has “go

Many commentators are describing Rachel Reeves as “Britain’s worst ever chancellor”. She has made a strong start, we’ll give her that. But she is still, in our view, some way from winning that accolad

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