Reform and Tories accused of weaponising grooming gangs scandal
Unsurprisingly, the Conservative attempt to amend/kill off the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill failed tonight, with MPs voting 364 to…
Kemi Badenoch must ask better questions
Keir Starmer has not seemed in control of the grooming gangs story since it broke, but at Prime Minister’s Questions,…
Sarah Champion and the grooming gang attention span problem
There are now two debates underway about grooming gangs and how the government should investigate them further. The first is…
Wes Streeting’s ‘care plans’ are old news
There is much that is good in today’s NHS elective recovery announcement: changes to incentives for trusts so that they…
Grooming gang row overshadows Keir Starmer’s NHS speech
Keir Starmer spent a significant time this morning arguing that the last thing we need is another review and report…
What’s the point of a social care review?
Whack! That’s the sound of social care reform once again being hit into the long grass. Thud! Another hit sends…
Kemi Badenoch failed to pin down Starmer at PMQs – again
Kemi Badenoch has become fixated on accusing Keir Starmer of not telling the truth at Prime Minister’s Questions, to the…
The finger-pointing over Yang Tengbo begins
The threatened Commons drama of an MP using parliamentary privilege to name the alleged Chinese spy was dampened rather after…
Starmer and Badenoch clash over immigration at PMQs
Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch had quite an angry clash at today’s Prime Minister’s Questions. The Tory leader attacked on…
Will Labour engage with HTS?
Is the fall of Bashar al-Assad really cause for celebration in Syria and across the world? UK government politicians have…
Justin Welby says goodbye
Justin Welby has given his valedictory speech in the House of Lords, his first public remarks since his resignation. It…
The problem with Keir Starmer’s pledges
Keir Starmer still clearly misses opposition. He spent almost as much of his reset speech complaining about the Tories and…
Named and shamed: the PMQs time wasters
You’re an ambitious backbench Labour MP with a weighty constituency caseload, legislation that you’re interested in improving, and a few…
PMQs has become painfully predictable
Kemi Badenoch had an odd line of attack at Prime Minister’s Questions: she chose to pursue Keir Starmer over what…
MPs back assisted dying, but was the debate long enough?
The debate on assisted dying, which culminated in a victory for those in favour, hasn’t been long enough – we…
Kemi Badenoch calls on Keir Starmer to resign at PMQs
Unconventional as ever, Kemi Badenoch used her third ever Prime Minister’s Questions as Conservative leader to call on Keir Starmer…
Why is Labour wavering on China and Israel?
Normally when MPs criticise the uncertainty around the government’s relationship with another country, they are referring to the constant chopping…
In praise of Shabana Mahmood
Should Shabana Mahmood be allowed to ‘impose’ her religious beliefs on everyone else? Lord Falconer doesn’t think so, arguing yesterday that…
Badenoch’s substitute fails to land on Rayner at PMQs
Angela Rayner was so keen to get out of the traps with her criticism of the last Conservative government at…
Resignations alone won’t fix the Church of England
Will there be more resignations following the departure of Justin Welby as Archbishop of Canterbury? The Church is, as on…
Keir Starmer has a problem answering questions
Kemi Badenoch didn’t have the best start at today’s Prime Minister’s Questions: she asked a question that had apparently already…
MPs should take their time over the assisted dying bill
You don’t need to have a strong opinion either way on assisted dying to be concerned about the latest attempt…
Justin Welby quits as Archbishop of Canterbury
In the past few minutes, Justin Welby has announced he is resigning as Archbishop of Canterbury over his handling of…
Can Justin Welby cling on?
MPs are getting involved in the row over Justin Welby’s position as Archbishop of Canterbury, with Conservative MP Nick Timothy…
Evangelicals have questions to answer over the John Smyth scandal
Justin Welby has said he considered resigning as Archbishop of Canterbury over the findings of the Makin Review into the…
