The French president was the first foreign leader to meet the new British prime minister. Despite Brexit, despite Donald Trump – or perhaps because of them – Paris has realised, having listened, that it is better to remain close

The ban on under-16s was one of Keir Starmer’s final acts. Implementing it will be complicated

As mayor, it was easy to keep his distance from the big data giant; it is a completely different matter to do so as prime minister, with several contracts already awarded to the company run by Peter Thiel and Alex Karp

One hundred and twenty British millionaires, including TV presenter and former footballer Gary Lineker and producer Brian Eno, have written to Prime Minister Burnham calling for higher taxes. If the rich want to pay more, why don’t they just do it?

London remains a global cultural capital, yet the system is showing signs of strain, revealing a structural crisis that has not been resolved following the pandemic lockdown. Arts Council, funding, training: key issues for the new government

Why former Defence Secretary John Healey has been appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer. The less experienced Miliband takes the Foreign Office 

A staunch supporter of abortion and euthanasia, he has come to believe that the Labour Party is the practical embodiment of what is written in the catechism

Following the electoral collapse and Keir Starmer’s downfall, the former mayor of Manchester has become leader unopposed and will be tasked by King Charles on Monday with forming a government. Farage remains in the background, but the sense of urgency that had fuelled the Labour revolt already seems less pressing