James Heale

Labour gets its house in order

15 February 2023 7:13 pm

After 839 days, the Labour party has today been let out of special measures by the equalities watchdog over its…

‘I’m not some toffee-nosed Tory’

11 February 2023 9:00 am

Lee Anderson on poverty, immigration and the death penalty

Four things we learnt from Richard Sharp’s BBC grilling

7 February 2023 11:13 pm

This morning Richard Sharp, the BBC’s Chairman, appeared before the Culture select committee of MPs. It was a difficult session…

What Liz Truss gets right (and wrong)

7 February 2023 5:19 am

After three months of silence, Liz Truss has spoken out – first in a 4,000-word article for the Telegraph and…

The anti-strike bill shows the Tories can still unite

31 January 2023 11:56 pm

The House of Commons voted to pass the government’s flagship trade union legislation on 30 January. By 315 to 246…

Welfare reform is back on the agenda

12 January 2023 11:23 pm

This week Jonathan Ashworth set out Labour’s answer to the 5.2 million on out-of-work benefits – a figure which The…

Simon Clarke: What the PM can learn from Liz Truss

7 January 2023 9:00 am

Simon Clarke on what the PM can learn from ‘radical’ Liz Truss

Can the House of Lords survive?

10 December 2022 9:00 am

Can the Lords survive?

Trading places: George Eustice on Brexit, Sunak and the Australian deal 

26 November 2022 9:00 am

Former environment secretary George Eustice on the PM’s deal dilemma

Will anyone buy my Liz Truss book?

29 October 2022 9:00 am

The horror of writing Liz Truss’s biography

Government wins fracking vote amid chaos

20 October 2022 5:36 am

The government won tonight’s vote on fracking but it truly was a Pyrrhic victory. On paper, the numbers involved –…

What does the new cabinet tell us about Truss?

7 September 2022 4:10 pm

”Loyalty’ remarked Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe is ‘the Tory party’s secret weapon.’ The near constant blue-on-blue attacks of the last six…

How far will Tugendhat go?

12 July 2022 10:05 pm

There were three leadership launches in Westminster this morning. Rishi Sunak, the frontrunner, spoke at the QEII Centre; Kemi Badenoch,…

Zahawi: I will go for growth

6 July 2022 5:37 pm

The big winner from yesterday’s drama was Nadhim Zahawi. Just ten months ago he was a junior minister: now he…

Inside the clash between Boris and Charles

2 July 2022 9:00 am

Boris and Charles have had slightly fractious dealings so far

Tory MPs split on Johnson’s absence

18 June 2022 4:00 am

Boris Johnson has left the country – but that hasn’t stopped him from annoying his backbenchers. The Prime Minister is…

Changing channels: the new war for political broadcasting

21 May 2022 9:00 am

The television will be revolutionised

Workshy Whitehall: why can’t the PM get his civil servants back to work?

23 April 2022 9:00 am

Too few civil servants are returning to the office

Five things we learnt from Johnson’s evidence to MPs

31 March 2022 3:44 am

Boris Johnson rocked up at the Liaison Committee today, fresh from last night’s bonding dinner with 250 Tory MPs. And…

The Zac Pack: the well-connected group quietly shaping Tory policy

5 February 2022 9:00 am

The well-connected group quietly shaping Tory policy

Road to Reform: is Richard Tice’s party a threat to the Tories?

22 January 2022 9:00 am

Is Richard Tice’s party a threat to the Tories?

Your guide to the 2021 election results

5 May 2021 7:11 pm

This week will see the biggest set of polls in UK history outside of a general election. Contests are under…