Sam Coates

With a prime minister under extreme fire and unable to command a majority in the Commons on matters of personal authority, is politics too self-absorbed to fix a problem as broken as the system for special educational needs provision? Plans to reform the ... See more

Sir Keir Starmer has created, from nowhere, a pivotal by-election by his own hand. He owns the outcome, because of his decision to block Andy Burnham - someone voters on the streets of Gorton and Denton thought by far to be the strongest candidate. And no... See more

Sir Keir Starmer has created, from nowhere, a pivotal by-election by his own hand. He owns the outcome, because of his decision to block Andy Burnham - someone voters on the streets of Denton and Gorton thought by far to be the strongest candidate. And no... See more

Sir Keir Starmer has created, from nowhere, a pivotal by-election by his own hand. He owns the outcome, because of his decision to block Andy Burnham - someone voters on the streets of Denton and Gorton thought by far to be the strongest candidate. And no... See more

By SAM COATES and ANNE McELVOY Send ideas here MONDAY It’s a new year but does Keir Starmer still have the same old problems? The prime minister is already under pressure, at home and abroad, to clarify his position on Donald Trump’s actions to strike and... See more