Can Reeves get away with a national insurance hike?
The Budget is not due for a fortnight, yet with every day that passes its contents seem to become clearer.…
Can Labour resist China’s embrace?
The Foreign Secretary David Lammy will touch down in Beijing next week to pay his respects. Next year, Rachel Reeves,…
Starmer investment summit thrown into disarray
This weekend, Sir Keir Starmer marks his first 100 days in 10 Downing Street – with the hope of better…
The likelihood of a Boris Johnson comeback
There’s been plenty of drama in Westminster this week with Keir Starmer reshuffling his No. 10 team and the Tories’…
James Cleverly knocked out of Tory leadership race in shock result
What is going on in the Tory leadership contest? On Tuesday evening, it looked as though James Cleverly was on…
The battle between Badenoch and Jenrick
It’s crunch day in the Tory leadership contest. This afternoon, Tory MPs will vote in the final knock-out round of…
Will Keir Starmer’s No. 10 reset work?
Who’s in charge in Downing Street? Until recently, the answer to that question would tend to reveal whether you were…
What Sue Gray’s departure means for Starmer
Keir Starmer has not yet reached the 100 day mark but already he has lost his Chief of Staff. This…
The joy of opposition
By rights, the Conservative party conference in Birmingham ought to have been a funereal affair. It was the first time…
MPs to be given historic vote on assisted dying
Keir Starmer is pressing ahead with his promise to give MPs a free vote on assisted dying laws. This evening,…
The winners (and losers) from Tory conference
Who was the winner from today’s Tory leadership speeches? The final day of the party conference saw all four candidates…
Robert Jenrick is closing the gap on Kemi Badenoch
Can Kemi Badenoch reach the final two of the Tory leadership contest? So far this has been the key question…
Could there be a Tory leadership upset?
Conservative party conference is underway. The conference centre in Birmingham is covered in photos of the four remaining leadership hopefuls…
Rosie Duffield quits Labour over Starmer sleaze
Keir Starmer is yet to hit the hundred day mark but he is already one MP down. This evening Rosie…
Who’s on top in the Tory leadership contest?
In recent years, the Conservative party conference has become something of an irrelevance. Often it is little more than a…
Who was the real audience for Rachel Reeves’s speech?
Rachel Reeves had to deal with unexpected turbulence in her party conference speech, after anti-Israel protesters interrupted her. But that…
How much trouble is Keir Starmer in?
To Liverpool for Labour’s first party conference since Keir Starmer triumphed in the general election. On paper, this ought to…
Nigel’s next target: Reform has Labour in its sights
At this weekend’s Reform conference in Birmingham, the opening speech will be given by a man who wasn’t even a…
No. 10 change tack on ‘wardrobe-gate’
A week is a long time in politics. Keir Starmer began the week sending out his senior ministers to defend…
Nigel Farage’s unlikely inspiration
Nigel Farage has just finished his keynote speech at the Reform party’s annual conference. In a performance enhanced by Eminem,…
What the Sue Gray row is really about
Another day, another story about Sue Gray. Today the BBC reports the details of Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff’s…
Can Starmer’s border security commander ‘smash the gangs’?
Keir Starmer finally has a chair for the government’s Border Security Command. When the Prime Minister first entered government, the…
Is Gordon Brown back?
Last week, there was a surprise visitor to the Treasury: Gordon Brown. The former prime minister and chancellor secretly returned…
The winners and losers from today’s Tory leadership vote
The names of the final four candidates left in the Tory leadership contest are in. Mel Stride has been eliminated…
Will Rachel Reeves hold her nerve over the winter fuel cut?
Will Rachel Reeves hold her nerve over the winter fuel payment? That’s the suggestion inside government ahead of a Commons…
