Russia appears determined to prise apart the long-standing partnership between Europe and the US – and there is now a very good opportunity to do so

Barely six months since they toured Britain with a bus promising to spend £350m a week on the NHS, some of those behind Vote Leave are promising £450m a week if we make a full break with the EU and single market 

Closer relations with Russia are possible, but as the Government knows from Theresa May’s trip to Moscow, it comes with a certain diplomatic price: Britain will have to follow the (presumed) path of the Trump administration in appeasing Russia’s expansionism 

Far from turning disordered and antisocial people into useful members of society, prisons make many social problems, including drug abuse, worse

For many the reaction will be to turn their backs on refugees, to turn to extremist groups such as Alternative für Deutschland, and to regret the million or so hopeless people who were admitted to Germany as they fled for their lives

The Prime Minister’s spokesperson talks of unions showing “contempt” for ordinary people who are simply trying to go about their daily business; yet if the Government fails to tackle the stagnant economy – and especially the problems associated with flat wage growth – it will not be long before the hard-working public conclude that they are being held in contempt not by fellow workers but by ministers

If a sovereign people can decide in a referendum to leave the EU, it follows that they must be able to change their minds once the implications of that decision have become clearer

It is unalloyed good news for the simple reason that it will save lives and relieve suffering with no discernible risk to the health of the patient or the wider community

Michael Flynn, soon to be National Security Adviser, once tweeted that 'fear of Muslims is rational', while Alabama senator Jeff Sessions, named as attorney general, has been accused of using deeply offensive racist epithets

As George Osborne told the Commons, the notion of what is happening in Aleppo as a ‘humanitarian emergency’, provoking ‘emergency debates’ and with governments exploring ‘emergency action’ suggests that this is a crisis that has suddenly appeared out of the blue

Our ComRes opinion poll today confirms the surprising popularity of the former shadow Chancellor

With thousands are facing death from drowning and hypothermia over the coming winter months, our politicians are duty-bound to act now – however complex the world in which they work has become

Votes in Italy and Austria on Sunday could decide the future of the European Union. The consequences for the euro and for the EU itself could be grim indeed

The Liberal Democrats, for the first time in about half a century, have the sole claim, at least in England, to be the party of Europe. Although that can feel lonely, they should be comforted by the fact that 48 per cent of those voting in the referendum rejected leaving the EU

Italy was going to be in trouble again sooner or later. It was merely a matter of time, and the timing was never going to be good. Europe’s leaders should have taken evasive action months ago

It is clear that America’s long punishment of Cuba through a trade embargo and other sanctions is a policy that failed. After all, unlike many other ex-dictators, Castro died peacefully in his own time in his own bed. President Obama was right to recognise that

Philip Hammond, the Chancellor, is expected to relax spending limits and invest more in infrastructure in his statement on Wednesday

Under its current structure, the lawyers and officials involved have to be acceptable to the many victims involved. That, as we have seen in recent months, is an invitation to chaos

Parliament – both houses – is not there simply to rubber stamp whatever No 10 thinks is the right answer to some extremely complicated questions