Reeves blasted for backing third Heathrow runway
Growth is the flavour of the month for Sir Keir Starmer’s government, with Rachel Reeves this morning delivering a big…
Mandelson grovels to Trump on Fox News
Oh Mandy. It’s now nine days since Donald Trump was elected – and our new man in Washington is still…
Kim Leadbeater U-turns once again
Another week and another U-turn on Kim Leadbeater’s Assisted Dying Bill. The 23-man committee scrutinising the legislation is supposed to…
Full list: Labour MPs who opposed Heathrow expansion
There are just two days to go until Rachel Reeves’ big growth speech. The Chancellor is expected to turn her…
Navy rebrands HMS Agincourt to appease French
Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more. Trump might be back in the White House but here in…
Starmer’s foreign policy doctrine revealed
It is sometimes claimed that Mark Darcy in the Bridget Jones’ Diary series is based on Keir Starmer. One is…
Rachel Reeves’ ironic artwork choice
To govern is to choose. So what have Labour’s ministers chosen to hung on their walls? Raiding the Government Art…
Reform tops poll for first time
As the new Labour government continues to struggle with voters, support for Reform UK only seems to be growing. New…
Bishop compares disgraced Welby to God
The Church of England has received a rather lot of bad press, to put it mildly, after the Archbishop of…
Labour MP: is hair colour a ‘protected characteristic’?
As Donald Trump starts clamping down on diversity, equality and inclusion practices, it’s a shame that the same can’t be said on…
Braverman calls on Tories and Reform to ‘unite the right’
Nigel Farage’s Reform UK has had a rather good few months, with a number of opinion polls showing the Clacton…
Starmer’s academies U-turn
Today’s PMQs won’t go down in history as Sir Keir Starmer’s finest half hour, with the PM losing marks over…
Five failings of the assisted dying committee
Back in November, MPs waved through Kim Leadbeater’s assisted dying bill by 330 votes to 275. Some of those who…
BBC under fire over Trump coverage
Uh oh. The Beeb’s back in the spotlight – and this time it’s over some rather interesting reporting on the…
SNP minister admits misleading parliament over Limogate
Well, well, well. Just when the Scottish government thought it had steadied the SNP ship after two rather tumultuous years,…
Will Trump deport Prince Harry?
To the US, where President Trump is busy making the most of his return to the top job. At his…
What Rishi Sunak did next
It wasn’t so long ago that political commentators and Tory MPs alike were confidently predicting that Rishi Sunak would leave…
Burghart warns of ‘overwhelming power’ of Treasury
To London, where the Institute for Government’s 2025 conference is in full flow. This afternoon the think tank hosted a…
Starmer U-turns on US trade deal
It’s a day ending in ‘y’ – so of course Keir Starmer is spinning like a top. Donald Trump’s inauguration…
Only a fifth of Brits optimistic about Labour
Another day, another set of poor poll results for Labour. At the start of its 2025 conference, the Institute for…
SNP minister faces scrutiny over football expenses
Back to Scotland, where SNP health secretary Neil Gray is in the spotlight over some rather curious expense claims. The…
Ex-Tory MPs gear up for Commons return
The new year is three weeks’ old – but some Tories are determined to stick to their resolutions. An impressive…
Axel Rudakubana pleads guilty to Southport murders
To Liverpool and the case of the Southport murders. Today, 18-year-old Axel Rudakubana pleaded guilty to murdering three young girls…
The sad decline of the Westminster lunch
‘Lunch?’ growled Gordon Gekko in Wall Street. ‘Lunch is for wimps.’ Yet for half of Westminster the noble art of…
Will MAGA push out Mandelson?
They do say you shouldn’t take anything for granted and it seems Peter Mandelson is beginning to realise that too.…
