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…
The battle for Farage’s mind
If New Labour was Margaret Thatcher’s greatest achievement, then Reform UK is perhaps Tony Blair’s. Distaste for the three-time election…
Plaid Cymru storms to victory in Caerphilly
The Welsh nationalists have won almost half the vote in the Caerphilly by-election, storming to a victory in a seat…
Why Sheridan Westlake is the Tories’ best weapon
Who is responsible for Labour’s recent woes? For some Conservatives, the answer is obvious – Sheridan Westlake. He is that…
Prince Andrew stops using his titles
Prince Andrew’s humiliation is near-complete. He has tonight agreed to immediately stop using his Duke of York title after ‘discussion…
The Tories smell blood in the China spy case saga
The Prime Minister is in Egypt today at a peace summit aimed at ending the Gaza war. The question of…
Revealed: the Lib Dems’ plan for Tory defectors
Reform UK’s momentum is influencing other parties too. The Greens voted overwhelmingly to elect Zack Polanski last month, partly on…
Badenoch’s conference speech will calm Tory jitters
Kemi Badenoch wrapped up Conservative conference with a well-received speech that was bursting with policy ideas. The Tory leader’s hour-long…
Robert Jenrick steals the limelight at Tory conference
It is day three of Conservative Party conference and the punchiest speech of the event has just been made. Robert…
Will this be Kemi’s last conference?
The Conservative party conference kicks off today in Manchester. Dominating the headlines is the long-awaited announcement that the next Tory…
Inside London’s embassy parties
Like the new school year, ambassadors to Britain usually change each September. Among those leaving this summer are the German,…
Starmer has bought himself time. Can he use it wisely?
The Labour conference in Liverpool was a curiously upbeat affair. Much of the good spirit came from schadenfreude at the…
