Choosing – and changing – leaders has brought turmoil to Labour and the Conservatives in recent years. Is there a...

Next week’s US midterms will see the entire House of Representatives up for election, along with a third of the...

An astonishing 16 of Sunak’s cabinet may have already broken the ministerial code

Campaigners are urging Liz Truss to honour commitments made to reform the private rental sector by her predecessor

We may have a new prime minister, but the incoming team is far from squeaky clean and several have allegedly...

Drastic action needed to shrink the private rented sector, encourage home ownership and support renters, urges Joseph Rowntree Foundation

On this week’s podcast, Julian Greenbank interviewed the UK LGBT poet laureate, Trudy Howson.

The Levelling Up Bill is short on detail, light on solutions and laden with risks according to housing sector experts.

Whoever succeeds Johnson will have a problem when it comes to housing – where to the main candidates stand on...

Albanese's win in Australia' election is the latest victory for left-of-centre parties globally, so what can we learn from this...

As voting day approaches in Australia's election, the race is too close to call between Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese

The House of Lords voted down an amendment that would have removed harmful proposals in the elections bill, but there...

Join members of the Bylines Network on 31 March at 7pm for our webinar on electoral journalism from a citizen...

As the local elections approach, will voter fatigue mean that fewer voters in Yorkshire and across the country go to...

The elections bill has now passed to the House of Lords, but much can still be done to improve it.

A 2022 Conservative leadership election may be more competitive than either 2019 or 2016, whose endorsements will decide the race?

As the Australian election approaches, similarities are clear with the British political scene, and lessons may be learned.

Alex Toal interviews two Green councillors to look at what we can do at the local level to counter the...

Henry Redhead Yorke was one of the first persons of colour to serve in parliament, yet his story often goes...

Young performers are raising money for the Joseph Rowntree Theatre's "Raise the Roof" campaign

One of the most surprising announcements of Boris Johnson’s reshuffle was the creation of the Ministry for Levelling Up, Housing,...

Downing Street hinted a reshuffle before the vote to cut foreign aid. It was hinted again before the vote to...

The six universities have been nominated in eight categories, including York on the shortlist for University of the Year

Will the covid pandemic have a similar impact on workers' rights that previous ones have done, especially with the added...

Stories of corruption are now frequent in the political press, but are not down to a few actors, but a...

The government's obesity strategy is rooted in a culture of 'fatphobia', of which the prime minister is as much a...

Burnham's intervention at the Public Administration & Constitutional Affairs Committee laid the groundwork for devolution in Yorkshire and beyond

A number of rebellions threaten to disrupt Boris Johnsons' legislative agenda, and show the deep divisions still in his party

Relying on young people to develop herd immunity risks their long-term health, and the long-term economic health of the country

Alex Toal analyses the difficult tightrope that Chancellor Rishi Sunak has to walk in advance of the G7 summit in...