Steve Richards

Established as one of the most influential political commentators in the country, Steve Richards became The Independent’s chief political commentator in 2000 having been political editor of the New Statesman. He presents GMTV's flagship current affairs show The Sunday Programme and Radio 4’s Week in Westminster.

Steve Richards: The dangers that stalk Johnson

How can Labour win an election proposing tax rises against Conservatives arguing for tax cuts? They need an answer, and then credible and popular policies to flesh it out

Recently by Steve Richards

Steve Richards: A U-turn that will wreck public trust

Thursday, 14 October 2010

The Liberal Democrats benefited electorally from their opposition to increases in fees. Candidates did especially well in seats with a large proportion of student voters

Steve Richards: Osborne won't get his 25 per cent

Tuesday, 12 October 2010

Miliband had a choice of two economists with political guile who could produce their own radical plan. But in choosing Alan Johnson he went for the quiet life

Steve Richards: Plenty of politics, but where was the economics in Osborne's speech?

Tuesday, 5 October 2010

Boris Johnson delivered a deftly crafted speech in which he put the case for public spending

Steve Richards: Dramas that expose a Miliband myth

Thursday, 30 September 2010

In ruthlessly highlighting Labour's mistakes, Ed makes possible a realignment of the centre-left, the objective of Tony Blair and David in the mid-1990s

He's been compared to Kinnock, and to Duncan Smith. But what about Thatcher?

Tuesday, 28 September 2010

Steve Richards: : Today Ed Miliband must explain why his vision of a fairer country does not mark him out as a wild communist, but places him on the political centre ground

Steve Richards: Comrade Cable does No 10 a favour

Thursday, 23 September 2010

The deficit remains the defining issue in British politics. Those who worry about the pace and depth of cutting do not have an ally in the Business Secretary

Power silences the doubters – for now

Tuesday, 21 September 2010

Steve Richards: Clegg's claims over speed and depth of cuts will be tested over the next few years.

Independent Live: Danny Alexander talks to Steve Richards

Tuesday, 21 September 2010

From the Liberal Democrat Conference in Liverpool, Danny Alexander, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, talks to The Independent's Steve Richards.

Steve Richards: The need for distance from the unions

Thursday, 16 September 2010

What always happens in relation to public spending is that, when specific areas are examined, various, unlikely figures, find that they are wary of cuts