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George Osborne settles defence budget ahead of Spending Review

By Caroline Crampton - 23 June 10:19

A deal was done between the Chancellor and the Defence Secretary to settle the Ministry of...
Labour needs to go much further on fiscal responsibility

By Hopi Sen and Anthony Painter - 21 June 16:39

The party should publish a series of potential fiscal rules for discussion and replace the VAT...
Dropping Trident will lead to a richer, safer Britain

By Nick Brown - 21 June 16:00

Labour should consider the non-renewal of the trident nuclear weapons system as part of its...
Labour steals a march on the Tories by vowing to punish land hoarding

By George Eaton - 21 June 14:59

Miliband says councils could be given the power to fine developers who fail to build on sites...
Beyond satire: the Tory right's "alternative Queen's Speech"

By George Eaton - 21 June 11:38

Bills to privatise the BBC, restore the death penalty, ban the burqa, leave the EU and...
Watch: Nigel Farage denounces tax avoidance in speech last month

By George Eaton - 21 June 9:18

The UKIP leader, who set up an offshore tax fund on the Isle of Man, told the European...
Farage admits offshore tax fund was a mistake: "I'm not rich enough"

By George Eaton - 21 June 8:36

A bad day for UKIP as Farage's tax avoidance is exposed and the party loses its deposit in the...
Who’s who on Team Miliband

By George Eaton - 20 June 15:13

The strategists, the fixers and the wonks.
The Lib Dems: the party with as many knights as women MPs

By George Eaton - 20 June 13:47

After the knighting of Andrew Stunnell, the party now has seven knights and seven women MPs....
How Cameron failed developing countries at the G8

By Ivan Lewis - 20 June 12:31

From the beginning, the Prime Minister repeatedly failed to show the leadership on tax...

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The great breast debate.
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Coming in from the political cold will be no easy task.
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Talk of the devil.

Media

Why I can't stand Clare Balding

By Will Self - 14 June

Will Self's "Madness of Crowds" column.
There is a war on ordinary people and feminists are needed at the front

By John Pilger - 06 June

Once again, it’s time to ask: whose side are you on?
The New Statesman's inbox of delights

By Sophie Elmhirst - 24 May

Sophie Elmhirst explores our letters page.
Will there still be a New Statesman in 2113?

By Helen Lewis - 17 May

The signs are good - the printing press has been good enough for
Imagine if a government had solved everything it could: would hacks back off?

By Ed Smith - 16 May

Ed Smith's "Left Field" column.
Inside Russia Today: counterweight to the mainstream media, or Putin's mouthpiece?

By Oliver Bullough - 10 May

Up to 2.5m Britons watch the Kremlin-funded TV channel, which is

Business

France orders Google to comply with Data Protection Act

By - 21 June

Five more European nations likely to initiate similar action
Sprint Nextel raises buyout offer for Clearwire

By New Statesman - 21 June

Receives support from majority stakeholders.
British furniture retailer Dwell ceases trading

By - 21 June

The firm closes 23 stores and one concession outlet.
UK government considers options to sell Lloyds stake

By - 20 June

George Osborne says the government will also investigate the case
BT Group appoints Gavin Patterson as new CEO

By - 20 June

Ian Livingston will step down as CEO to join the UK government as
Dalian Wanda to invest more than £1bn in UK

By - 20 June

Acquires majority stake in the British luxury motor yacht maker