Laura Trott’s Commons debut gives a clue to Kemi’s tactics
What difference has Kemi Badenoch’s victory made to the way the party talks about education? Badenoch doesn’t want to make…
Rishi Sunak enjoyed his last Commons hurrah
Rishi Sunak’s final act in the Commons as leader of the opposition was one he clearly enjoyed. The outgoing Conservative…
Rachel Reeves’s ‘stability Budget’ contained few surprises
All the political framing of the past three months has been around Rachel Reeves’ first Budget. Black holes have been…
Rishi Sunak says farewell to Keir Starmer
When Rishi Sunak was Prime Minister, he and Keir Starmer had some of the most repetitive and uninformative sessions at…
Why is Lindsay Hoyle telling off Rachel Reeves?
Is the Speaker being a bit precious with his complaint about pre-Budget announcements? Lindsay Hoyle made a statement in the…
Keir Starmer is borrowing from Nick Clegg’s playbook
Keir Starmer has given up trying to define what a ‘working person’ is after last week’s debacle, announcing at the…
Dowden and Rayner do battle for the last time
Angela Rayner and Oliver Dowden shared a tender moment today at Deputy Prime Minister’s Questions as they bade farewell to…
Do we really need more ‘national conversations’?
Other than being fired out of a cannon to raise funds for the NHS, what could Wes Streeting possibly learn…
Does Wes Streeting’s ten-year NHS plan amount to anything?
The Health Secretary is making a big fanfare about a cash boost in the Budget and a new plan to…
Starmer denies being soft on China
Prime Minister’s Questions today asked the same question that Katy raised in her magazine cover piece last week: what is…
Keir Starmer’s reset comes unstuck at PMQs
Keir Starmer’s reset isn’t going very well. He turned up at Prime Minister’s Questions today clearly hoping to talk about…
Do the Tories need to worry about the winter fuel row?
How long are the Tories going to campaign on the winter fuel payment? It was their main line of attack…
Starmer insists he hasn’t stepped back support for Israel
Keir Starmer took a different tone on Israel today. That change of tone is to a certain extent to be…
The heart-rending story of a child’s heart transplant
As nine-year-old Max resigns himself to death, a saviour arrives in the person of Keira, the victim of a tragic car crash, whose family opts to donate her organs
Badenoch pitches herself as the great disruptor
Kemi Badenoch’s opening video before her speech had a series of politicians and normal people talking at odd angles into…
James Cleverly thinks the Tories need to be more ‘normal’
James Cleverly’s speech did a much better job than Tom Tugendhat’s of explaining what sort of person he is, and…
Does Kemi cause problems for Kemi?
Kemi Badenoch is being followed around the Tory party conference by her own comments about maternity pay. She had to…
Did you know Tom Tugendhat was in the military?
Tom Tugendhat may have the most interesting merchandise in this Tory leadership contest (including fake tan, for reasons no-one has…
Jeremy Hunt tells the Tory party some uncomfortable truths
Jeremy Hunt is one of the few Tories willing to take the fight to Labour while the Conservative leadership contest…
What Kemi Badenoch should learn from her maternity pay row
The first row of Tory conference has, unsurprisingly, involved Kemi Badenoch. The leadership contender was on Times Radio this morning…
Starmer tells Israel ‘no more excuses’ on Gaza aid
Keir Starmer has moved on rather quickly from Labour conference, pitching up in New York to tell Israel that it…
Liz Kendall’s difficult task of defending the winter fuel cut
Arguably the most difficult speech of the whole of Labour conference came from Liz Kendall. The Work and Pensions secretary…
Wes Streeting is convincing, but where’s his plan?
This Labour conference has largely been about Keir Starmer and his ministers making the argument for what they are doing,…
Keir Starmer needs to sell his government
Keir Starmer has his big speech today at Labour conference and, like Rachel Reeves’s offering yesterday, the Prime Minister plans…
Has Labour got anything new to say at its party conference?
Have you learned anything about this Labour government from the conference speeches so far? Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ address to the…
