Editorial: Starmer’s government has been busy emulating the ‘chaos and confusion’ that characterised the final days of the last Conservative administration, ahead of a Budget that will be profoundly depressing. If Labour is hoping to revive its fortunes, it will need to get a grip

Editorial: Forgetting to wear a poppy to his first appearance leading PMQs now looks like the least of the justice minister’s problems. His lack of candour with the Commons about yet another foreign-national sex offender being mistakenly released from prison – on his own departmental watch – is more serious, and a possible contravention of the ministerial code

Editorial: The government’s effort to drive down the number on student visas coming to study in this country is misguided and self-defeating — it will do untold damage to our universities and communities