Anne Perkins
Anne Perkins has been a leader writer, lobby correspondent and feature writer for the Guardian since 1997
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The referendum campaigns have revealed a fractured countryWith more and more Britons seeing themselves as underdogs, unheard by politicians, both parties will have to work hard to reach out to them
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EU referendum: our panel on the BBC's Question Time specialThe prime minister had his back against the wall and came out fighting – but did he win the argument on the key Brexit issues?
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Deference in public life had to go. But courtesy is indispensableThe right to challenge established power is not the same thing as the freedom to deliver personal threats directly to someone’s phone
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Osborne’s ‘punishment’ budget is restoking Project Fear. But it may workThese proposed cuts in the event of a leave vote would be hugely damaging. But they could scare people into sticking with what they know and voting remain
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Spending blights the NHS – but not in the way you thinkThe ‘cash in, results out’ model isn’t working. There are better ways to improve care and motivate staff
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Britain’s accountability problem – hospitals are just the startIf holding vital public bodies to account is a mark of a civilised, functioning democracy, we’re not in a good place
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Sadiq Khan's London win is an exciting departure for British politicsThe capital’s first Muslim mayor feels like an important normalisation of public life amid the unreadable picture thrown up across the country
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SNP win historic third term - Politics Weekly podcastSeverin Carrell, Anne Perkins and Martin Kettle join Tom Clark to discuss national election results in Wales and Scotland and local election results in England
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BHS, Boots … our misbehaving corporations need their wings clippedPhilip Green will be alright, but his workers may not. But this is how it currently works in this age of shareholder power that needs to be consigned to history
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Don’t rule out a forced retreat on forced academisationDavid Cameron tells the Commons he’s pressing on with his plans, but opposition from Conservatives at all levels is widespread
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Is Stephen Crabb the man to tackle this age of extreme inequality?The Panama Papers will lead to the dynamiting of Tory credibility, but new work and pensions secretary, Stephen Crabb, is unlikely to prove the saviour of his party’s reputation
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It’s 2016 – and still women in Northern Ireland are punished for having abortionsDonald Trump outraged even conservative Republicans with his thoughts on punishing women who control their bodies. Yet the same thing happens in a part of the UK
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Now is the perfect time for Cameron and Osborne to show their steelAs Tata prepares to leave the UK, the government needs to find the cash to hold up the steel industry – and prove that things have moved on since the 80s
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It’s not enough to tweet your grief. When terror strikes, do something usefulThe Brussels attacks have provoked outpourings of grief on social media. Public figures may feel obliged to share, but there are better ways to react
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How convincing was David Cameron’s Commons statement?The prime minister attempted to call a truce between the warring flanks of his party. It wasn’t an unqualified success
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Victoria Pendleton didn’t have to win the race to raise our spiritsWe have grown cynical about celebrity stunts, but who can begrudge success to one who risked so much?
Angela Eagle was never going to be Labour leader. You can guess why