Can private schools survive Labour’s VAT raid?
As Labour edges closer to power, any hindrance to that goal is being ruthlessly removed. The £28 billion pledge in…
UAE media deal hangs in the balance
The next three days could have major consequences for the British media landscape. On Monday, Ofcom will deliver its findings…
Peers back vote on foreign state press ownership
Rishi Sunak has tonight been urged to support an amendment in the House of Lords which would give parliament a…
The key announcements in Hunt’s Budget
This afternoon Jeremy Hunt delivered his second Budget as Chancellor. Much of his speech had been trailed over the previous…
MPs demand veto on foreign state press ownership
More than 100 MPs have tonight backed an amendment in the House of Lords which would give parliament a veto…
Post Office ex-chairman hits back at Badenoch
Kemi Badenoch emerged from this morning’s Commons evidence session strengthened by the testimony of one of her top officials. But…
Officials back Kemi Badenoch in Post Office row
The row over compensation for wrongly convicted postmasters returned to parliament again today. Kemi Badenoch, the Business Secretary, is currently…
Is Kemi Badenoch backed by ‘evil plotters’?
It seems that talk of Tory treachery simply won’t go away. Less than 48 hours after Kemi Badenoch declared that…
Rwanda rebels fold to guarantee Sunak victory
The Rwanda Bill will tonight pass its Third Reading in the House of Commons, after right-wing rebels threw in the…
Sunak says his ‘working assumption’ is no spring election
Rishi Sunak has this afternoon given his strongest hint yet that the next general election will be held in the…
Did Richard Tice tease a return to politics for Nigel Farage?
Reform UK is the great enigma of right-wing British politics. Despite lacking a memorable name, leader, policy platform or record…
Liz Truss leads backlash to schools trans guidance
The government’s guidance for schools on transgender pupils was finally published this morning – prompting an immediate backlash which demonstrated…
Prince Harry awarded £140,000 in phone hacking case
The High Court has this morning awarded Prince Harry £140,600 in damages after ruling that he was the victim of…
Tory tribes gear up for Rwanda clash
The next 48 hours could be among the most important of Rishi Sunak’s premiership. His flagship Rwanda Safety Bill will…
Sunak unveils his ‘emergency legislation’ on Rwanda
Three weeks after the Prime Minister’s ‘emergency legislation’ to make the Rwandan scheme viable, tonight it is finally here. The…
Badenoch overhauls gender recognition list
Ahead of Suella Braverman’s big statement this afternoon, it was the turn of another Brexiteer to face the Commons. Kemi…
Cleverly to sign fresh Rwanda deal
Fresh from his big statement in the Commons, James Cleverly has landed this morning in Kigali. The Home Secretary’s focus…
Cleverly promises to cut migration by 300,000
‘Migration to this country is far too high and it needs to come down’, began James Cleverly at the despatch…
Starmer risks a backlash with his Thatcher praise
Two Telegraph stories in successive days illustrate Labour’s dilemma. Today the paper gives a favourable write-up to the party’s Australian-style…
Tory backlash as net migration hits record levels
After much Whitehall spin, the official figures are now in. Net migration in 2022 is estimated to have hit 745,000,…