Anna van Praagh

It’s hard to pinpoint the most egregious side effects of Rachel Reeves’s Budget so far, with its blizzard of bizarre policies fraught with unpleasant unintended consequences. Who do they most want to hurt? Business owners, farmers and parents who have the cheek to want the best education for their children are, naturally, first in line for a thrashing.

Disastrous policies fraught with unintended consequences, a wrecking ball budget and a total alienation of voters have got Labour off to a woefully bad start

The pushers, the shovers, the scoffers… Come on London, remember your manners

It’s a national institution that attracts two million outdoorsy Brits a year to its holiday villages. So can committed city-dweller Anna van Praagh learn to love Britain’s most wholesome holiday?

Adolescence star Ashley Walters on prison, fame and finding peace

It’s time to think spring style. Plus, what’s really behind London’s barber shop boom?

This week we have a world-exclusive interview with Mr. Entertainment

Green leader Zack Polanski is taking the fight to Labour with his brand of eco-populism — but while he’s riding high in the polls, do his economic policies really stack up?

Over the past few weeks, I have met Zack Polanski, the leader of the Green Party, three times to find the answer to a question that is becoming increasingly hard to ignore in politics: is Polanski simply a gifted communicator enjoying a moment of attention, or does he represent one of the most serious attempts in a generation to reconfigure the British Left? The comparison that inevitably arises is with Nigel Farage — not in ideology, but in method. Like Farage, Polanski combines personal charisma with a populist offer that seeks to redraw the boundaries of his side of the political spectrum, rather than merely operate within them. What I found was a highly likeable and compelling political figure, whose ideas don’t all survive sustained scrutiny but whose message of hope certainly resonates. Turn to page six to read my interview.

The Mayor of London has his sights set on SUV drivers and I’m completely on board with him on this point, writes Anna van Praagh