Englishness is not defined by ethnicity | Letters
Maariyah Seedat wonders at what point does her family become ‘English’ enough, Mark James Slater has always regarded himself as British and not English. Plus letters from Dr Richard Seabrook and Alan BakerJason Okundaye’s piece on defining Englishness…
Utilities are public services – and should not be run as businesses | Letters
Readers respond to an article by Will Hutton and Andy Haldane suggesting that they could be run for the public benefitWill Hutton and Andy Haldane advocate “turning [utilities] into public-benefit companies with a primary, constitutional objective of…
Andy Burnham’s ultimate test will be whether people’s lives improve | Letters
Measures of wellbeing should carry real weight in decisions about tax, spending and public services, says Sarah DavidsonRe your editorial on Andy Burnham’s conference speech (29 September), the outcome that all governments should seek is a real…
England school inspections to be overhauled again after barrage of complaints
Exclusive: Education secretary sends Ofsted back to ‘drawing board’ as teachers raise serious concerns about new systemSchool inspections in England will be overhauled for the second time in a year, after a barrage of complaints that the new system was…
Polanski says he does not need to win ‘50/50’ byelection to stay Green leader
Exclusive: Party leader says outcome of ‘knife-edge’ vote in Keir Starmer’s former seat will not affect his positionZack Polanski has said his authority as leader of the Green party of England and Wales does not depend on winning next week’s Holborn and…
Brimful of personality: the rise of fashion’s ‘silly little hats’
From pillboxes and boaters to bicornes and buckets, characterful hats are making their way from the catwalk to the high street“Here goes – an order for a million hats,” wrote Jackie Kennedy to Bergdorf Goodman before moving into the White House in the…
John Maynard Keynes: the cultured economist who governments turn to in a crisis
A new play about the art-loving Bloomsbury Group member speaks of the enduring battle of ideas with his free-market rival Friedrich HayekThe sound of guns from the advancing German armies could be heard clearly by John Maynard Keynes as his train…
Tesco is first supermarket to offer paid ‘safe leave’ for victims of domestic abuse
Exclusive: Britain’s largest private-sector employer has also trained managers to spot signs of domestic abuseTesco has become the first supermarket to introduce paid “safe leave” for victims of domestic abuse, giving staff dedicated time to access…
There is a way to look after people, the planet – and Britain’s growth. It’s what we call the ‘wellbeing economy’ | Jamie Driscoll
Imagine the UK with a 20-year investment plan, with green homes and fast transport. We already have the tools to make it happenYou’ve just left school. What’s your future?I know a physics graduate making flat whites; a 30-year-old living in his childhood…
Andy Burnham urged by Lib Dems to reveal all meetings with owners of Manchester City
Burnham should also declare City hospitality, party saysPM said he would be concerned if owners forced to sellAndy Burnham is facing calls from the Liberal Democrats to publish details of all his meetings with Manchester City’s owners, the Abu Dhabi…