Karl Pike has received funding from the Economic and Social Research Council. He is a member of the Labour Party and before becoming an academic was a political advisor for the Labour Party from 2010 ...

The coming of a new Labour government is a moment to take stock. Are there things that the new administration can learn from previous Labour governments? Is it true, as David Cameron claimed in 2009, ...

In around 1540 John Leland, an English antiquary, wrote that Caerphilly Castle had “waulles of a wonderful thiknes”. For more than a century the stronghold projected Norman and English authority over ...

In less than five years, the opposition Labour Party has gone from massive defeat to the favorite to win next month’s election. How did they do it? By Mark Landler Reporting from London Two weeks ...

LONDON — Jon Stewart has called it the “dumbest thing the U.K. has done since electing Boris Johnson.” And many British progressives fear the opposition Labour Party’s decision to bar a number of left ...

Keir Starmer is Britain’s new leader after his Labour Party ended 14 years of Conservative rule. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak apologized for his party’s performance. This live blog is now closed. For ...