‘We’re so close’: there’s a cautious optimism at Labour conference
Cautious optimism at the Labour party conference
Labour surge to 33-point lead over Tories
Today Kwasi Kwarteng attempted to calm concerns in his party over the fallout from the not-so-mini Budget – telling MPs: ‘We…
Starmer sets himself apart from Truss
One of the reasons members of Liz Truss’s team remain upbeat despite the onslaught of criticism towards government’s tax-cutting budget…
Liz Truss’s plan to shake up Downing Street
How 10 Downing Street works – or doesn’t – always reflects the character of the prime minister who inhabits it.…
This week will define Liz Truss’s premiership
This lunchtime Liz Truss has been announced as the new leader of the Conservative party. After a contest that spanned…
‘Those Jedi mind tricks don’t work on me’: Dominic Raab on Truss, Sunak and his own future
Dominic Raab on Truss, Sunak — and whether he will serve under them
Who will Liz Truss forgive?
Liz Truss has always been more popular with Tory party members than with Tory politicians. The moment of greatest peril…
Truss and Sunak reach crunch week on the energy crisis
There’s still two weeks of the Tory leadership contest to go but by Friday the scale of the energy crisis…
Who will Liz Truss send to political Siberia?
‘Whatever else you do, don’t step backwards,’ a man in the crowd shouts to Rishi Sunak as he stands on…
Liz Truss's camp hits back over Treasury windfall tax plans
Is the government about to toughen up its windfall tax? That’s the talk in Westminster today as Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi…
Truss and Sunak go to battle on economic 'handouts'
The dire economic warnings from the Bank of England of a 15-month recession with inflation hitting more than 13 per…
What foreign policy would look like under a PM Truss
What foreign policy would look like under a PM Truss
Truss extends poll lead over Sunak
It’s been a day of ups and down for both leadership campaigns. Liz Truss performed her first big u-turn of…
Rishi’s mad dash: can he catch up with Truss?
Why Sunak suddenly finds himself facing defeat
It's crunch week for Truss and Sunak
The next 48 hours have the potential to be decisive when it comes to the outcome of the Tory leadership…
Rishi Sunak has a mountain to climb to beat Liz Truss
It’s day one of the national campaign of the Tory leadership campaign – and Rishi Sunak has a mountain to climb.…
The volatility of the Tory leadership race
In just a few days, the Conservative leadership race will be down to the final two candidates. But what happens after…
Liz Truss on taking on Rishi and what she'd do in No. 10
Liz Truss on Brexit, internet censorship — and what she’d do in No. 10
Can Penny Mordaunt win it?
Is Penny Mordaunt the dark horse in the Tory leadership race? After topping a Conservative Home poll of Tory MPs, Mordaunt…
The big question over Kemi Badenoch’s bid
Kemi Badenoch has just completed her leadership launch. Although she is an outside bet, her campaign has been building momentum…
Tory leadership race tightens as MP threshold raised
The 1922 Committee has this evening agreed to change the Tory leadership rules so as to raise the threshold of…
Are some Tory candidates about to be ruled out?
The Tory leadership contest is a very crowded place – with Liz Truss overnight becoming the tenth candidate to declare…
Liz Truss enters the leadership contest
Liz Truss has become the tenth candidate to enter the Tory leadership race. Announcing her intentions in an op-ed for…
Penny Mordaunt's trans problem
The Tory leadership contest is yet to officially begin, but things are already turning nasty. As well as reports in…
‘It’s just about him’: who can dislodge Boris?
Westminster has always been run more by convention than by rulebook. Prime ministers are seldom forced out: they are persuaded…
