Rishi Sunak’s real Brexit problem
Are we heading for a return to Brexit wars? It’s been the theme of the week so far after the…
Will the Autumn Statement break the Tory truce?
It’s crunch day for Rishi Sunak. This morning his Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will stand at the despatch box and unveil…
Rishi Sunak’s first U-turn as PM
Just over a week into Rishi Sunak’s premiership and the new prime minister has performed his first government U-turn. After…
Why Matt Hancock signed up for I’m a Celeb
Matt Hancock has this morning had the whip suspended over his decision to appear on the new series of ITV’s…
Why Sunak would find it tough to lose Braverman
The safest place for a minister in a crisis is meant to be the despatch box. The thinking is that…
Will the Tory truce hold?
During the summer leadership race between Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss, Sunak’s team were braced for a bloodbath if he…
Sunak's reshuffle kerfuffle
After Rishi Sunak completed his new look cabinet on Tuesday night, a Downing Street source declared that the shake-up of…
Inside Rishi Sunak’s first address to Tory MPs
It’s a rather strange leadership contest when the winner reaches the end without having said a single word in public.…
Why Boris Johnson pulled out
Boris Johnson has this evening pulled out of the Conservative leadership contest, leaving the field clear for Rishi Sunak. Only…
The Liz Truss survival plan
At the first stage of the Conservative leadership race, when Liz Truss was trying to win MPs’ support, her message…
Chaos with Boris Johnson?
The chance of a Boris Johnson comeback has risen dramatically since Liz Truss’s resignation. Over 40 MPs have so far…
‘The ultimate death match’: Will it be Boris vs Rishi?
It will take 100 MP nominations to qualify for the next Tory leadership race and the clock is ticking –…
Liz Truss resigns
Liz Truss has just announced that she will be stepping down as Prime Minister. Forty-four days into her premiership, Truss…
Commons chaos as the Tories fall apart
The government chaos continues. On Wednesday morning, Tory MPs were told that Labour’s motion to force a vote on a…
Mordaunt faces the music as Truss's understudy
When the phrases ‘the Prime Minister is not under a desk’ and ‘I don’t think there has been a coup’…
Will there be a revolt on the Tory right?
What is the point of Liz Truss’s government? Expect more MPs to ask that question today after Jeremy Hunt’s statement…
How long can Liz Truss hold on?
How much trouble is Liz Truss in? Just six weeks into her premiership, the Prime Minister’s economic plans are in…
Jeremy Hunt: there are 'very difficult decisions' ahead
Liz Truss made two big moves on Friday in a bid to calm the markets and save her premiership. The…
‘Election campaigns are like voodoo’: Fiona Hill breaks her silence
An interview with May’s chief of staff Fiona Hill
Five ways the Liz Truss saga could end
How does this end? That’s the question being asked by Tory MPs as Liz Truss’s government finds itself in turmoil…
Liz Truss's painful press conference fails to calm Tory nerves
Liz Truss has just confirmed that she is U-turning on another part of her government’s not-so-mini Budget. After sacking her…
Why Truss picked Hunt for Chancellor
A day is a long time in politics. Just this morning, a No. 10 source told the BBC the Prime…
Backbench Tories turn on Truss
Liz Truss’s appearance before MPs at the 1922 committee on Wednesday evening was meant to be part of a wider…
Labour prepares to fire up its election machine
Could a snap election be around the corner? That’s the message Keir Starmer relayed to party staff in a conference…
Could it be Rishi by Christmas?
What was supposed to be a recovery moment for the Conservatives instead looks like a collective nervous breakdown. The Prime…
