Economics Marx and Keynes can free Labour from its budget bind Rachel Reeves needs a new economic narrative to break the fear of deficits and debt. By Robert Skidelsky
Labour Keir Starmer needs a coherent plan for immigration The public anxiety about borders is real, and it will still exist under a Labour government. By Andrew Marr
Spotlight on Policy Exclusive poll: Tory councillors deliver dire verdict on the Sunak government Jonny Ball
Emmanuel Macron does not understand France A leading French thinker on the forces of a new movement that is neither left nor right. By Christophe Guilluy
Bill Gates is bad for humanity By “maximising” lives, the billionaire philanthropist is making ours worse. By Quinn Slobodian
Spotlight on Policy Exclusive poll: Tory councillors deliver dire verdict on the Sunak government Jonny Ball
Economic Growth Council bankruptcy tracker: authorities under increasing financial strain Megan Kenyon and Harry Clarke-Ezzidio
The Weekend Report What are private schools really selling? They no longer have a stranglehold on Oxbridge and would lose tax breaks under Labour. Can elite education survive? By Melissa Denes