John Power

How to game the social housing system

14 June 2025 9:00 am

Westminster council has announced that every single social housing tenant in the borough will receive lifetime tenancies. No test of…

Mike Tapp: ‘I’ll never insult or belittle someone who votes Reform’

29 May 2025 3:42 am

“I’ll never insult or belittle someone who votes Reform,” Mike Tapp, the Labour MP for Dover and Deal, tells me.…

What happened to Labour’s racial equality agenda?

25 May 2025 4:30 pm

The ‘eradication of structural racism would be a defining cause’ of Labour’s time in power. That’s what Keir Starmer said…

Abolishing the care worker visa is a mistake

17 May 2025 9:00 am

For years I worked as an NHS manager, seeing first-hand the consequences of Britain’s broken social care system spill over…

Three key flaws in Starmer’s immigration crackdown

13 May 2025 2:41 am

Sir Keir Starmer wants you to believe he’s serious about bringing immigration down. Faced with the political threat of Reform…

How to bring down Britain’s power grid

10 May 2025 9:00 am

At the end of last month, a fire at an electrical substation in Maida Vale caused chaos in west London.…