The Observer's political editor shares her exclusive insight into what's happening in Westminster, Whitehall and beyond.

Friedrich Merz is hoping to stay on as Germany’s chancellor even though his party has suffered a second drubbing in two weeks ...

“Our previous estimates suggested UK labour productivity per hour grew at an average annual rate of 2.1% before 2008 and 0.7% thereafter. Today’s improved estimates indicate that productivity grew a ...

The award-winning poet on having a mind like a weather vane, the ‘torture’ of writing lectures for her Oxford professorship, and why she hasn’t seen Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey ...

Rosa Park shares her favourite spots in Los Angeles, from art museums and botanical gardens to architectural gems and vibrant galleries ...