Brexit

I carried the weight of my £60,000 debt alone. Then one conversation changed everything
Debt

I carried the weight of my £60,000 debt alone. Then one conversation changed everything

By the time she’d amassed £60,000 of debt, Kate had hit rock-bottom. But a chance conversation led to profound changes and a new start

Youth mobility scheme with EU will help to right the Brexit wrongs
Paul McNamee

Youth mobility scheme with EU will help to right the Brexit wrongs

Under 30? Your doorway to living in the EU could be about to open

Why does everyone keep getting the white working class wrong?
Working class

Why does everyone keep getting the white working class wrong?

In our post-Brexit era of populism and culture wars, white working-class Britain has been both lionised and victimised – a convenient shorthand for politicians and media to use to score a point. But who makes up this diverse group, and what do they actually want? Joel Budd is busting the myths

Letters: Covid was a chance to reset. So why are we still working until we drop?
Letters

Letters: Covid was a chance to reset. So why are we still working until we drop?

‘I haven’t voted since Blair’: How politics failed one of the most Tory places in Britain
General election 2024

‘I haven’t voted since Blair’: How politics failed one of the most Tory places in Britain

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Why is nobody talking about Brexit in the general election?
General election 2024

Why is nobody talking about Brexit in the general election?

What a row over Tayto crisps tells us about general election and the politics of distraction
Paul McNamee

What a row over Tayto crisps tells us about general election and the politics of distraction

Nigel Farage is like poison – why is he still allowed to set the political agenda? 
Adam Barnett

Nigel Farage is like poison – why is he still allowed to set the political agenda? 

Post-Brexit border checks to cost £4.7bn. Here’s how that money could be better spent
Brexit

Post-Brexit border checks to cost £4.7bn. Here’s how that money could be better spent

Farmers are under pressure from Brexit, Covid and war – pushing UK to verge of full-blown food crisis
Farming

Farmers are under pressure from Brexit, Covid and war – pushing UK to verge of full-blown food crisis

‘Women have to step up’: Gina Miller on Brexit, misogyny and Britain’s ‘broken’ politics
Politics

‘Women have to step up’: Gina Miller on Brexit, misogyny and Britain’s ‘broken’ politics

In Northern Ireland’s government, anything could happen
Paul McNamee

In Northern Ireland’s government, anything could happen

No, Brexit didn’t help UK ‘take back control’ – it made immigration rise. Here’s how
Hein de Haas

No, Brexit didn’t help UK ‘take back control’ – it made immigration rise. Here’s how

A damning list of Rishi Sunak’s broken promises and screeching U-turns, from net zero to EU law
Rishi Sunak

A damning list of Rishi Sunak’s broken promises and screeching U-turns, from net zero to EU law

Lords kills off ‘hatchet job’ Tory plan to rip up EU pollution laws to build more houses
River pollution

Lords kills off ‘hatchet job’ Tory plan to rip up EU pollution laws to build more houses

Nutrient neutrality: Why scrapping EU pollution rules to boost housebuilding has caused uproar
Environment

Nutrient neutrality: Why scrapping EU pollution rules to boost housebuilding has caused uproar

As a Northern Ireland peace negotiator, I know just what the Illegal Migration Bill risks
Dr Avila Kilmurray

As a Northern Ireland peace negotiator, I know just what the Illegal Migration Bill risks

Change is coming in Ireland. We need to pay attention
Paul McNamee

Change is coming in Ireland. We need to pay attention

Immigration is a positive. It’s time the UK accepted that fact.
Daniel Sohege

Immigration is a positive. It’s time the UK accepted that fact.

Housing association scheme helped 1,000 residents start a business – but it’s winding down due to Brexit
Employment

Housing association scheme helped 1,000 residents start a business – but it’s winding down due to Brexit

Windsor framework: Why Rishi Sunak was able to secure the Brexit deal that others couldn’t
Brexit

Windsor framework: Why Rishi Sunak was able to secure the Brexit deal that others couldn’t

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A reader responds to Joe Lycett
Letters

A reader responds to Joe Lycett

Betting shops are taking over this town. But the locals are fighting back
Gambling

Betting shops are taking over this town. But the locals are fighting back

‘We’re all Tory MPs now’: Sleaford Mods take aim at Jeremy Clarkson, Piers Morgan and Nadine Dorries in new video
Music

‘We’re all Tory MPs now’: Sleaford Mods take aim at Jeremy Clarkson, Piers Morgan and Nadine Dorries in new video

Regrets, we have a few. But this Christmas we must focus on present need, not past mistakes
John Bird

Regrets, we have a few. But this Christmas we must focus on present need, not past mistakes