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Chuka Umunna: Rising star or Labour's Icarus?

Is Streatham’s MP flying too close to the sun, asks Dan Hodges, or will he become a significant part of Labour’s future? A profile of a complex man

Editor's guide to the June 2013 issue

by Ben Duckworth / 22 May 2013

David Cameron interview on quitting the coalition

by Rob Wilson / 20 May 2013

Speaking to Total Politics exclusively, the prime minister raises the idea he could quit the coalition before 2015 for the first time in public. Yet, as Rob Wilson finds, he remains firmly against a rightwing lurch and committed to his key team players. Photo by Ellis Parrinder

David Willetts on today's 'difficult process for Tories'

by Anoosh Chakelian / 14 May 2013

The universities and science minister is an unrelenting optimist, telling Anoosh Chakelian about his party’s need to look to the future, not an imagined utopia of the past. But is it time to drop his smile and rescue Cameron?

Trust me, I'm a spin doctor...

by Dan Hodges / 07 May 2013

Dan Hodges enters the addictive world of spin doctors, and discovers a brutal whirlwind of secrets, lies, and a whole lot of exhilaration

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Political betting: It's a poll-over!

by Ben Duckworth / 30 Apr 2013

Political betting is a big business, and it pays for gambling pundits to keep their ears to the ground, but how do you maximise your wins and minimise your losses? Ben Duckworth finds out

Tom Watson on Labour's 'quiet revolution'

by Mark Ferguson / 29 Apr 2013

Elections, gigs, phone hacking and computer games – the many sides of the Labour Party campaign co-ordinator. By Mark Ferguson

Editor's guide to the May 2013 issue

by Ben Duckworth / 24 Apr 2013

Ministerial profile: Philip Dunne

by Ray Filar / 15 Apr 2013

The Ludlow MP is as keen on local and business issues as he is on defence

Richard Benyon MP on having "the crap" beaten out of him

by Rob Wilson / 02 Apr 2013

Rob Wilson talks to the environment minister about his days in Northern Ireland, boxing and the influences that inspire him in his current job

PMQs: Behind the scenes at the weekly matinee

by Sean Dilley / 18 Mar 2013

Sean Dilley delves behind the chamber's scenes to discover how leaders and backbenchers alike prepare for prime minister's questions each week

War - what (prime minister) is it good for?

by Crispin Black / 14 May 2013

Intelligence consultant Crispin Black looks back at two moments when our prime ministers decided to go to war, and reveals the qualities they had to display

Sick and satired of politicians?

by Anoosh Chakelian / 08 May 2013

Do today's politicians supply plenty of colourful material for satire, asks Anoosh Chakelian, or are they all too dull to send up? Caricatures by Simon Ellinas

Why is John Stevenson our MP of the Month?

by Toby Youell / 30 Apr 2013

Our MP of the Month is the man spearheading Britain’s manufacturing revival, one business lunch at a time

Ministerial profile: Michael Fallon

by Toby Youell / 29 Apr 2013

The minister for Energy and for Business is enjoying his tough brief. He’s not known as ‘the thinking man’s Rottweiler’ for nothing…

Anna Soubry on Tory 'twattery' & refusing to be nanny

by Anoosh Chakelian / 24 Apr 2013

Anoosh Chakelian talks to the outspoken minister about how to avoid playing the nanny, the tough schooling that propelled her into her third career, politics, and why her brief is anything but ‘soft’