How contentious will the King’s Speech be?
This morning King Charles will take part in the state opening of parliament for the first time as monarch. The…
Sunak’s Bletchley Park gamble pays off
So, the AI summit – what was that all about? The great Bletchley Park jamboree concluded last night with an…
Whitehall’s pandemic ‘dystopian nightmare’
The Covid Inquiry has been taking evidence from Helen MacNamara, Deputy Cabinet Secretary from 2020 to 2021. During Dominic Cummings’s…
Vote Leave duo turn on Johnson at Covid Inquiry
Boris Johnson wasn’t in attendance at the Covid Inquiry this morning, but he was certainly there in spirit. The ex-Prime…
Sunak sounds the alarm on AI
‘Dr Death’ was the nickname bestowed on Rishi Sunak by one scientist during Covid. But ‘Dr Doom’ seemed a more…
Sunak to lift bankers’ bonus cap
Rishi Sunak is in office but Liz Truss remains in power. That’s the line that Labour are pushing on today’s…
What Liz Truss did next
It was a year ago on Wednesday that Liz Truss left office. As the ministerial cavalcade rolled out of Downing…
Sunak tells Israel: ‘We want you to win’
Rishi Sunak is in Israel today for talks with the country’s leaders amid the ongoing conflict. The Prime Minister has…
What are the Tories for if not lower taxes?
‘I didn’t come into politics to raise taxes on working people,’ said the shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves in Liverpool this…
Accused parliamentary researcher denies spying for China
A former House of Commons researcher has this morning denied claims that he ever spied for China. The man in…
China is targeting Britain’s Sinosceptics
The Times has today named the parliamentary researcher who has been arrested under the Official Secrets Act, on suspicion that…
Was Truss doomed to fail on day one?
‘I’m sorry for the damage and the loss. It was a scary time, and I’m sorry for that.’ Kwasi Kwarteng’s…
India’s century: Sunak’s plan for a new Indo-Pacific alliance
The PM’s visit to New Delhi could be a defining moment
The problem with the Tories’ ‘local heroes’
You know the Conservative party is in trouble when it does not dare use its name on leaflets. Instead, it…
The Greens are coming for the Tories
So far, Keir Starmer has been unmoved by complaints from left-wingers that his policies differ little from those of Boris…
Susan Hall: Sadiq Khan is a misogynist
The Tory candidate for London mayor lets rip
Susan Hall wins Tory mayoral race
The Tories now have their candidate to take on Sadiq Khan next May. Susan Hall, the right wing member of…
Huw Edwards named by wife as BBC presenter at centre of scandal
After five days of speculation, Huw Edwards has today been named as the BBC star at the centre of allegations…
Illegal Migration Bill survives mammoth voting session
Tory whips and publicans are the only people smiling in parliament tonight, after a mammoth three and a half hour…
SNP calls for drugs to be decriminalised
It’s Humza Yousaf’s 100th day in office today. So what better way to mark this milestone than with a fresh…
Cabinet Office forced to hand over Boris WhatsApp messages
It’s more bad news for the government today. The High Court has this afternoon ordered ministers to release Boris Johnson’s…
Zac Goldsmith quits with personal attack on Sunak
One name stood out yesterday in the Privileges Committee dossier on parliamentarians who had attacked the panel over its investigation…
Will Ulez be the undoing of Sadiq Khan?
London faces its seventh mayoral election next year and, yet again, the Tories are having trouble finding a suitable candidate.…
Three things we’ve learned from the Partygate report
The Privileges Committee has today published its findings on whether Boris Johnson deliberately misled MPs over Partygate. The House of…
Downing Street hits back in peerages row
Talk about the end of the peer show. Boris Johnson’s allies have spent the past two days spitting blood and…
