Scotland bows to pressure to launch grooming gang review
The Scottish government is set to announce a national review of the grooming gang evidence in Scotland, after coming under…
France finally agrees to intercept Channel migrant boats – but there’s a catch
After months of pressure from Britain, France has agreed to begin intercepting small boats in the Channel. The move comes…
Labour’s Budget sparks North Sea fears
True to form, Rachel Reeves’s autumn Budget didn’t land smoothly. The publication of the OBR report she was supposed to…
Kemi: Labour will punish voters for its own mistakes
The Budget countdown is on, and with just over a week to go until Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s big fiscal statement…
Will voters buy the SNP’s ‘fresh start’ mantra?
There was a feeling of relief in the air at the SNP’s conference in Aberdeen when, for the first time…
Is anyone listening to the Scottish Tories?
There may have been a decent turnout of both youthful Tory members and elderly cardholders at this year’s Conservative party…
Exclusive poll: do the Tories really have a leadership problem?
The Conservative party conference is in full swing and the Spectator is hosting a myriad of events across the next…
Why is Scottish Labour so upbeat?
Scottish Labour may be down but they’re not out. The polls have not been moving in their favour over the…
PPE firm linked to Baroness Mone ordered to pay £122 million
Today the High Court ordered a company linked to ex-Tory peer Baroness Mone to pay £122 million to the Department…
Starmer: is Farage a patriot?
Keir Starmer’s keynote speech in Liverpool was punchier and more powerful than the Prime Minister’s usual interventions. The Labour leader…
Labour members back Burnham
Labour mayors are stealing the limelight at Labour conference. As Sir Keir Starmer continues to struggle with staffing issues, policy…
Starmer’s spin doctor quits in latest No. 10 departure
Another one bites the dust: Steph Driver, Keir Starmer’s head of communications, has announced she will leave No. 10 –…
Tories granted emergency debate on Mandelson
Peter Mandelson is no longer US ambassador to the UK, but tough questions remain for Keir Starmer about why he…
Shabana Mahmood sets out her stall
Shabana Mahmood wasn’t given long in her new gig before facing the media. She became Home Secretary on Friday afternoon,…
Reform MSP: We’ll never have a pro-indy candidate
As of late August, Nigel Farage’s Reform party now has representatives in local government, Westminster, the Welsh Senedd and the…
Starmer clears out Home Office in reshuffle
On Friday, former Deputy Prime Minister and housing minister Angela Rayner resigned after an ethics probe into her tax affairs…
Starmer completes post-Rayner cabinet reshuffle
Keir Starmer is carrying out a far-reaching reshuffle this afternoon after Angela Rayner resigned from her three roles (Deputy Prime…
Angela Rayner quits over stamp duty scandal
Angela Rayner has resigned as Deputy Prime Minister after a probe into her tax affairs by Sir Laurie Magnus, the…
Bell Hotel asylum seeker found guilty of sexually assaulting teenager
Hadush Kebatu, an asylum seeker from Ethiopia who was staying at the Bell Hotel in Epping, has been found guilty…
Eco-populist Polanski wins Green leadership race
The Green party leadership contest has finished and the results are in: Zack Polanski is the new leader of the…
Yvette Cooper pledges to overhaul Britain’s asylum system
Addressing the Commons today, Yvette Cooper promised the government will overhaul the asylum system. This will include changing the way…
Can Starmer’s No.10 reset save him?
Parliament’s summer recess has just ended and, on his first day back, Sir Keir Starmer has already announced a reset…
Tory MSP quits over party’s ‘reactionary politics’
The Scottish Conservatives aren’t having the best time of it at the moment. In more bad news for the blues,…
Scotland has one of the largest deficits in the Western world
It’s that time of year again: GERS day – when Scotland’s annual fiscal health is laid bare – has come…
Is Nicola Sturgeon liberated or lost?
Nicola Sturgeon isn’t someone for whom oversharing comes naturally. Throughout her career, she has regularly been labelled ‘dour’ or ‘frosty’…
