Tom Clark is the editor of Prospect and a former Guardian leader writer
August 2024
Today in Focus
The two-child welfare limit: why won’t Labour scrap the cap? - podcast
Simon Burall obituary
June 2024
‘My state pension was £880 – and my rent was £1,000’: how a 70-year-old man became homeless in Britain
Tony Sinclair had worked all his life – but still found himself sleeping rough. Then even his tent was taken away from him
March 2024
You’ve heard stories of poverty in Britain. Now here’s the irrefutable evidence of a society failing its poorest
Tom Clark
Figures show even ‘absolute poverty’ is getting worse. The safety net has been shredded, says Tom Clark, contributing editor of Prospect magazine
April 2023
The big idea
The big idea: why the UK needs a triple lock against poverty
The policy that has topped up pensions should be applied to working-age benefits
November 2019
Today in Focus
Election 2019: Can we trust opinion polls?
Prospect editor Tom Clark advises against over-interpreting the polls. Plus: Emma Graham-Harrison on the victory of pro-democracy candidates in Hong Kong’s local elections
July 2019
Revealed: the three-word question consuming the world’s biggest brains
Tom Clark
A new survey of leading intellectuals shows many are preoccupied by trying to answer: who are we? says Tom Clark, editor of Prospect magazine
February 2019
Politicians have lost the plot. But lawyers still grasp Brexit realities
Tom Clark
In times of crisis, politics usually tramples on the law. But this time Westminster can’t agree, says Tom Clark, editor of Prospect magazine
February 2018
Free speech matters, and the people worried about it aren’t all bigots
Tom Clark
It’s more effective to expose the flaw in someone’s argument than it is to label them, says Tom Clark, the editor of Prospect magazine
June 2017
Politics Weekly UK
Police cuts and 'enough is enough' – Election Daily podcast
Jonathan Freedland and Owen Jones are joined by Prospect editor Tom Clark to discuss the political response to the terrorist attack in London on Saturday night which left seven people dead and 48 injured
January 2017
Politics Weekly UK
Trump, May and the Brexit bill – Politics Weekly podcast
Dismayed by democracy? The alternative is far worse
Tom Clark
July 2016
Politics Weekly UK
Iraq, Blair and Chilcot – Politics Weekly podcast
Martin Kettle, Polly Toynbee and Rafael Behr join Tom Clark to discuss the Chilcot report on the Iraq war and the Conservative leadership race. Plus Stephen W Thrasher on how Brexit looks from the US
June 2016
Politics Weekly UK
Crisis? Which crisis? – Politics Weekly podcast
What is article 50? – video explainer
EU referendum live with Andrew Sparrow
Brexit: Labour MPs to hold no-confidence vote in Jeremy Corbyn - as it happened
Politics Weekly UK
Britain votes for Brexit – Politics Weekly podcast
EU voting map lays bare depth of division across Britain
EU referendum live with Andrew Sparrow
European Union referendum polling day – as it happened
The polls say remain. This time, can we trust them?
