Martin Ivens

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UK: Time is running out for Sunak

The Tory Party won’t reverse its decline by moving further to the right

Sunak's conservative detractors urge him to confront the Reform threat by intensifying anti-immigration measures

What you need to know about UK’s failing health system

As long as Britain’s lethargic growth pace persists, NHS might remain on the sick list

Health workers protest about pay during joint strike action by consultants and junior doctors outside St Thomas' Hospital in central London, UK, on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023.

UK leadership faces scrutiny after Raab’s resignation

Labour opposition sees an opportunity as Sunak’s government faces internal turmoil

Dominic Raab announced his resignation as UK's deputy prime minister and justice secretary on Friday via a Twitter post. This decision was prompted by the outcome of an official inquiry, which found that some of the allegations against him were valid.

Do intellectuals have a role to play in politics?

From Truman to Havel, history has shown that thinkers and can-do managers get things done

File: The then-British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (left) smiles as Chancellor of Exchequer Nigel Lawson (right) receives standing ovation after his reply on the debate on the economy at Conservative Party Conference on October 12, 1989.

How King Charles’s reign can be a fruitful one

New monarch’s intellectual curiosity, understanding of climate change crisis prescient

King Charles III delivers his address to the nation and the Commonwealth from Buckingham Palace, London

How Boris Johnson always manages to hog limelight

British PM is often compared to Trump but he shares more traits with German chancellor

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson finds himself in a hard place

Prime minister is again faced with vexed questions over Scottish independence referendum

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson

Finally Boris Johnson has a worthy rival

New Labour leader Keir Starmer has been sure footed about restoring his party’s fortunes

Labour’s new leader Keir Starmer (centre) leaves the Cabinet Office in London

All eyes on when UK restarts schools again

Rate of transmission is still too high and the dangers of a second outbreak too great

Denmark reopened schools for younger children after closure over the novel coronavirus, becoming the first country in Europe to do so

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