Tom Hurst has written an entertaining and novel assessment of Margaret Thatcher’s speechmaking This academic yet accessible account of Margaret Thatcher’s speechmaking offers up an ...

At the time it was the worst stadium disaster in the history of English football. The painful impact has been far-reaching ...

Diane Abbott compared the public backlash to that faced by Margaret Thatcher during a bruising debate in Westminster Hall.

The then-prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, held a friendly meeting with a leading member of the junta in Downing Street in 1980 while Britain’s ambassador in Argentina regarded the promotion of ...

If Keir Starmer doesn’t want to be obliterated in next year’s local government elections, he needs a relentless focus on reducing the cost of living, NHS waiting lists and immigration, says Andrew Gri ...

Diane Abbott has urged the prime minister to drop his government’s winter fuel payment cuts and welfare reforms, which she warned could have a political effect akin to Margaret Thatcher’s poll tax.

In 2015, my party elected Jeremy Corbyn as leader: a role he clung on to for five lamentable years. Now Labour are in power - ...

Louise Haigh has urged the Prime Minister to ‘take the fight’ to Labour’s political opponents (Peter Byrne/PA) Sir Keir Starmer should take lessons from Margaret Thatcher when it comes to ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Freeports and Special Economic Zones (SEZs) made huge jobs promises that they've so far failed to deliver, and cost the ...

MPs including a former health secretary are calling for a change in how mental capacity is assessed ahead of the Mental ...

Like a recurring rash, Farage keeps coming back, louder and more emboldened each time. But who let it happen? Who are the enablers—the donors bankrolling his campaigns, the commentators parroting his ...