8 h. ago Nationwide customers could get £84.50 boost with savings account

The Flex Regular Saver account offers up to £84.50 in interest

Economics

60 h. ago Voices: Labour can’t hit ‘working people’, so now they’re after people who used to work

Whatever weasel words they may use to justify any changes to inheritance tax, the message is clear: you’re better off not making money under Labour, because they will get you in the long run, writes Chris Blackhurst

Events

63 h. ago Voices: Is Keir Starmer just one crisis away from a Labour coup?

Party strategists are busy working out how to escape the chancellor’s doom loop of tax rises – and to crush damaging speculation about her boss’s ability to lead his party into the next general election. But the race to replace the PM may already have begun, says Andrew Grice

Events

3 d. ago If stopping the boats were simple, it would have happened by now

Editorial: With the number of people who have crossed the Channel on small boats since Keir Starmer came to power passing 50,000, it is a reminder that, during the election, Labour gave the impression it had a plan to fix the problem of irregular migration. But that is not to decry their efforts so far

Politics

3 d. ago Voices: No, Kemi Badenoch – housing asylum seekers in tents won’t solve our immigration problem

The leader of the Conservative Party ought to be addressing the issue of how to prevent more small boats from arriving in the UK, instead of talking vaguely of ‘camps’, says John Rentoul

Events

5 d. ago Voices: Labour’s new cosmetic industry regulations could have saved my face

The government is finally waking up to the fact that the cosmetic industry needs regulating, writes Charlotte Cripps. But for many, like me, who are suffering after botched procedures, the damage is already done

Politics

6 d. ago Voices: Why Starmer will be back for another stab at welfare cuts

Despite the humiliating U-turn on cuts to disability benefits, the prime minister has not given up on reducing ballooning social security spending. Ministers believe they have now found a way to proceed – and how to quash any rebellion, says Andrew Grice

Politics

7 d. ago Voices: The Rushanara Ali scandal exposes Starmer’s double standards on sleaze

The prime minister was elected on a pledge to end the abuse of power by Boris Johnson and the Tories – but his feeble response to the hypocrisy of his homelessness minister suggests he has failed to do so, says Simon Walters

Politics

8 d. ago Voices: With its youth clubs idea, Labour might just have won the parent vote

Forget dingy community halls with anti-drug posters and a broken basketball hoop – the government’s plans to tackle teenage boredom might actually be... cool, says Victoria Richards

Politics

9 d. ago Voices: Rachel Reeves must learn a hard lesson from Labour history – wealth taxes simply don’t work

Taxing unearned income is no way for the chancellor to plug her £41bn spending black hole – the better-off are best placed to find a way around paying it, says Chris Blackhurst

Economics

1 week ago Voices: Will Labour’s new migrant controls stop the boats or encourage Nigel Farage?

As home secretary Yvette Cooper announces £100m to pay for more border officers and new surveillance technology, among a raft of key measures, Sean O'Grady admits that there is no silver bullet to stopping illegal immigration – and that slow, unshowy progress risks playing into Reform UK’s hands

Events

1 week ago Voices: I’m a bouncer – policing what people say in pubs is a step too far

A clause in Labour’s Employment Rights Bill aims to protect workers from ‘third-party harassment’. With pubs and clubs closing at an alarming rate, door supervisor George Bass asks: Where will they find the money for extra staff?

Events

1 week ago Voices: My friend Lord Desai: A rare figure who was respected across political, cultural and academic divides

Lord Desai’s parliamentary aide, friend and mentee Sahil Hansrani pays his respects to a man who made his home in British politics and academia and became the first Labour peer of Indian origin

Politics

3 w. ago Voices: I’m against votes at 16, but this is how I could be persuaded

There are good reasons for reducing the voting age – why doesn’t Labour use them, asks John Rentoul

Politics

4 w. ago Voices: Diane Abbott may not be right – but is she entirely wrong on race?

We need to have a grown up conversation about racism, writes Ava Vidal – and I believe people are missing what the now partyless MP was actually trying to say

Politics

4 w. ago 'Young people like me will have their voices heard thanks to votes at 16'

Young campaigner Inaaya Ijaz who called for Votes at 16 at last year's Labour Conference says young people will now have their voice heard at the next general election.

Politics

4 w. ago Voices: Are suspended Labour MPs undisciplined? Readers have their say

Our community was sharply divided on the suspensions. While some defended Keir Starmer’s need for party discipline in government, others felt his approach revealed a weakness

Politics

4 w. ago Voices: Keir Starmer has asserted his power by suspending the Labour rebels – about time, too

The prime minister has cracked down on ‘persistent knobheadery’ in his party, as one source put it – he’s finally shown true grit, writes John Rentoul

Politics