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Exclusive: TUC president Matt Wrack tells The Independent the rise of Nigel Farage and summer riots should be ‘a wake up call’ for Keir Starmer to ‘bring hope not austerity’

The party has faced crisis before, but this feels different. It’s a battle for not much, says writer and Tory historian Geoffrey Wheatcroft

In parliament, a coalition of leftwing MPs dissatisfied with Labour is building. It could become a real power, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

We are nonplussed every time one emerges – but there are patterns that are totally predictable, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Wherever you are on the political spectrum, shoplifting has come to symbolise today’s “broken Britain”. On the left, it is an inevitable product of the cost of living crisis and poverty, fuelled in part by growing levels of drug and alcohol addiction. On the right, it is a damning symptom…

Exclusive: Ahead of the Greens conference in Manchester, co-leader Adrian Ramsay says his party is the success story of 2024, not Nigel Farage’s Reform

Britain has already had its populist reckoning, in 2016. European states can take few lessons from our current calm, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

Survey findings suggest Britain has become more inclusive in its attitudes

The survey also revealed a sharp fall in national pride

After criticism that Reform UK’s election contract with the people was ‘Liz Truss on steroids’, new Reform UK chairman has admitted that the party is working on a new set of policies as well as drawing up rules enabling the party’s leader to be sacked

Oasis may have reunited, but not all rifts are destined to be mended