Shocking crimes, royal illness and Labour’s landslide: The eight big moments that defined 2024 for Britain
Winds of change howled across Britain in a year when a Labour election victory ended 14 years of Tory rule
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A year of devastating climate firsts, a dispiriting outcome to Cop29 and elections where climate was off the radar
Ireland heard plenty of ‘eco rhetoric’ in 2024 but there was a clear sense that political leaders have not grasped the reality of the climate emergency
Gig economy is coming to a shop near you
Apps that let retailers hire freelance staff by the shift are increasing in popularity
Brian Cox on costars, politics and death: ‘I feel I’ve upset a few people over the years’
Succession star Cox, who recently found out he’s 88% Irish, is often betrayed as grumpy, but he may be one of life’s great enthusiasts
Keir Starmer waters down UK clean power target in policy reset
British prime minister redefines economic growth goals as he sets out ‘milestones’ for government
Louise Haigh a casualty of the Westminster power machine
Sheffield MP and UK transport secretary was destined to implement a core Labour policy by nationalising railways but she quit suddenly last week
John Prescott obituary: Plain-speaking former UK deputy prime minister
In an age when politics became increasingly managed by media advisers known as spin doctors, Prescott stood out as an authentic, if unorthodox, communicator
MPs vote to give terminally ill in England and Wales the right to assisted death
Bill on assisted dying passes in House of Commons by wider margin than anticipated
‘Starmer the Farmer Harmer’ the target of ire as British farmers mobilise in London
Planet Business: Infowars auction saga, Howard Lutnick’s thoughts on Ireland and a brief history of the Observer
Former UK deputy prime minister John Prescott dies aged 86
Ex-US vice-president Al Gore says he ‘never worked with anyone in politics’ like Labour politician
Ire of farmers and pensioners mounts as British Labour faces possibility of new ‘winter of discontent’
Protest this week by farmers over inheritance tax raid sounds alarm bells for Labour’s rural prospects
Vote on assisted dying Bill due to be a cliffhanger as Britain’s Labour opposition mounts
Wes Streeting, health secretary and potential future Labour leader, is against the plan
Tories shout ‘we told you so’ after Rachel Reeves’ tax-and-spend Labour budget
Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey, who could have been an MI6 spy, muses whether to accept any Tory defectors there might be after a new leader is announced on Saturday to replace Rishi Sunak
Big tax and spending hikes, but little growth from the UK budget
Rachel Reeves's first budget as Britain’s chancellor was monumental in every way except for the one she wanted
Rachel Reeves increases taxes by £40bn in budget to address ‘black hole’ in UK’s public finances
Labour’s first UK budget in more than 14 years was a tax-and-spend bonanza with huge new outlays on health, transport and education
Rachel Reeves: the UK chancellor with the ‘toughest job since WW2′
London Letter: Reeves will deliver a difficult budget in the House of Commons on Wednesday
Housing shortage sends property prices rocketing in east London’s hipster heaven
London Letter: Tech workers pay big sums to rent small houses built in the shadows of Guinness Trust blocks of affordable homes
UK has grudgingly closed a long chapter in its inglorious history of African colonial conquest
Worldview: The UK leaves the Chagos Islands much as it governed them, with a total disregard for the feelings or aspirations of its displaced indigenous people
Keir Starmer’s first 100 days: after a ‘good start’, his Labour government has lost its shine at an alarming speed
The UK’s budget this month takes on near-totemic importance for Labour as it tries to reset the narrative
‘I may not be as lucky as my dog’: Britain gets ready to consider whether there is a right to an assisted death
Campaigners such as Esther Rantzen, who has lung cancer, welcome the news that Westminster will debate a proposal to give terminally ill people to right to seek help ending their lives
Who is Morgan McSweeney, the Irishman heading up Keir Starmer’s Downing Street operation?
Political strategist Mr McSweeney has been named chief of staff
Sue Gray quits as Starmer’s chief of staff amid reported tensions in Downing Street
It was leaked to the BBC that Gray was earning more than the UK prime minister in a series of briefings against her
How Northern Ireland’s supermarket aisles have become another Brexit battleground
Brexit and the sea border have dragged all aspects of trade with Northern Ireland into the zero-sum game of traditional politics
The heaving of Liverpool: A crushing journey shows Britons’ love, and hate, for their train service
I began to suspect that many were thinking the same as me: that this wasn’t going to end well
‘Britain is no longer sure of itself’: Keir Starmer tries to steady his troops as he promises hard work will deliver
In his conference speech at the Exhibition Centre in Liverpool, the new Labour prime minister tells racist rioters and their supporters: ' We see you and we reject you.’
Rachel Reeves accentuates positives as she seeks to puncture gloomy economic mood at conference
Heckler interrupts the new chancellor’s speech in Liverpool
Schisms and sleaze plague Keir Starmer’s first Labour conference, risking long-term damage
Party’s first event after 14 years in opposition was meant to be a celebration of election victory but risks being overshadowed
Keir Starmer prepares for his first Labour conference as prime minister as infighting breaks out among his team
Starmer’s chief of staff Sue Gray is targeted by anonymous internal critics
British chancellor Rachel Reeves needs a credible growth plan
The UK chancellor should explain how her programme is going to work
A ball of smoke and not much fire as Labour backbench rebellion over winter fuel cut burns out
The row had a little bit for everybody in the audience as Westminster gets back to business
Keir Starmer delays appointing Washington ambassador until after US presidential race
London Letter: Former Labour heavyweights David Miliband, Peter Mandelson are said to be contenders for the role of UK ambassador to Washington, along with Belfast Agreement negotiator Jonathan Powell
Cities need to be run in new ways, and not just by officials, or councillors, says former British mayor
Voters must take more ‘than 10 seconds’ of interest in politics, says Marvin Rees, or live with the consequences
‘Inadequate’: One-word school ratings abolished in England after tragedy involving distraught headteacher
London Letter: Labour has scrapped controversial gradings that unions say placed intolerable strain on teachers
Northern Ireland businesses see ‘steady’ performance in second quarter
Fewer firms north of Border reporting concerns about inflation
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