Starmer’s China policy seems stuck in the past
Prior to entering No. 10, Keir Starmer had little experience of foreign affairs. Yet in office, the subject has consumed…
Richard Hughes quits as OBR chairman
They think it’s all OBR – it is now. Political journalists should always be wary of that word ‘inevitable’. But…
Starmer defends Rachel Reeves over Budget ‘lies’
Much of Rachel Reeves’s Budget was unprecedented: the leaking, the speculation and the OBR accidentally uploading its details an hour…
Zack Polanski is the real winner of the Your Party conference
After two days of discord and division, Your Party has voted and it finally has a name – Your Party.…
Reeves’s ‘lying’ denials are only the start
Four days after a Budget is usually the time when it starts to unravel. Some within Labour see it as…
The ‘Your Party’ conference is a mess
It used to be said that the old Liberal party had so few MPs that they could fit in the…
Inside Reform’s £1 million Budget blitz
It can be difficult for challenger parties to make much of an impact on the Budget, with parliament designed to…
Rachel Reeves’s Klarna Budget: spend now, pay later
After the frenzy of the Commons, comes the poring over the fine print. Rachel Reeves’s Budget is being studied across…
Rachel Reeves is running out of excuses
The Chancellor addressed her backbench troops last night, ahead of Wednesday’s Budget. Rachel Reeves’ remarks sought to impress upon her…
Labour may have lost the countryside forever
Before the last election, Keir Starmer promised that his party’s relationship with the countryside would be ‘based on respect, on…
Reform’s Russia problem
Nigel Farage has had better afternoons. Nathan Gill, the former leader of Reform UK in Wales, has just been sentenced…
How Nigel Farage would cut spending
At 94 per cent of GDP, UK government debt is the fourth highest among advanced European economies. With the tax…
Shabana Mahmood’s asylum reforms are a calculated risk
This afternoon, the Home Secretary will set out in the House of Commons her proposed reforms to the asylum system.…
Rachel Reeves rips up her Budget plans
With less than a fortnight to go until the Budget, it seems Rachel Reeves has performed an almighty U-turn. At…
Are the knives out for Keir Starmer?
A flurry of late-night media briefings have triggered a full blown crisis for Keir Starmer. Allies of the Prime Minister…
Lifting the two-child benefit cap won’t save Labour
Rachel Reeves will not officially confirm any tax changes until 26 November, but two policy shifts in her second Budget…
Westminster’s climate conundrum
With three weeks until the Budget, the main political parties have been setting out their economic thinking. Each faces the…
Reeves set to break manifesto pledge – and hike income tax
Rachel Reeves billed her £38 billion in tax increases last year – the biggest tax-rising Budget since Black Wednesday – as…
Reform launches its own Research Department
Since returning to politics in May 2024, Nigel Farage has had one central goal: replacing the Conservatives as one of…
Badenoch has a new favourite word: work
After Nigel Farage’s address on Reform’s tax plans yesterday and Rachel Reeves’s effort to lay the groundwork for the Budget…
What does Rachel Reeves really mean that we must all ‘do our bit’?
It is three weeks until the Budget – and Rachel Reeves wants to get her narrative out there. The Chancellor…
Farage: Trust me with the economy
With Reform leading in the polls, Nigel Farage is determined to ensure that nothing can impede its growth. This morning…
Which party has the crypto factor?
He helped ‘break’ the Bank of England – but now Scott Bessent is helping to shape its future. As a…
Revealed: how PM Farage wants to govern
Six weeks after his defection from the Tories, Danny Kruger will tomorrow set out his thinking on how a Reform…
Lucy Powell wins Labour deputy leadership race
Lucy Powell has won Labour’s deputy leadership election, beating her rival Bridget Phillipson. The result was announced this morning after…
