In this week’s special episode, we bring you an exclusive interview with Prospect’s World’s Top Thinker of 2025, Brazilian journalist Eliane Brum. Eliane is the author of Banzeiro Òkòtó: The Amazon as ...

What is the biggest problem of all? Right now, what worries me most is the rise of populism, ­nationalism and extremism in countries around Europe and the wider world. It’s certainly not what we need ...

Peter Beinart begins his slim volume with a “Note to My Former Friend”. He accuses this anonymous friend of having embraced “fanaticism” and asserts that his “single-minded focus on Israeli security ...

In what ways will Skills England strengthen the relationship between Whitehall and local governments? Skills policy has long suffered from fragmentation, a lack of system clarity and multiple ...

Jessica Studdert is chief executive at New Local, a thinktank focusing on public services, community power and local government ...

Jacqui Smith is minister of state for skills and government spokesperson for equalities ...

Caroline Dinenage is Conservative MP for Gosport and chair of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee ...

While the Conservative party regroups and rebuilds in the wake of July’s disastrous election result, among the achievements to dust off from the wreckage and be truly proud of is our support of the UK ...

In the early hours of 5th July 2024, when Nigel Farage was confirmed as the new MP for Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, he celebrated with a threat. “We’re coming for Labour,” the Reform UK leader declared. “Be ...

Skills underpin each of Labour’s five ­national missions. Whether it’s the goal of ­securing the highest sustained growth in the G7 or making the country healthier and ­safer, good jobs held by people ...

Cas Mudde calls for a positive fight for liberal democracy to beat the far right (“Doom Spiral”, Winter Special), but this will fail unless we also prioritise global justice to tackle the root causes ...

Trump’s inauguration, Musk’s salute and the special relationship ...