The Tory planning row is becoming increasingly bitter
The Tories are really wheeling out all the greatest hits for party rows at the moment. Not content with a…
Why are MPs able to claim Christmas parties on expenses?
What was Ipsa thinking? That’s the question MPs are asking today after it emerged that the parliamentary spending regulator has…
Labour’s attack lines are working
Rachel Reeves is getting better and better as Shadow Chancellor. Mind you, her response to Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement was…
How Ed Miliband became the power behind Keir Starmer
How Ed Miliband became the power behind Starmer
Gavin Williamson is still causing problems for Rishi Sunak
Today’s Prime Minister’s Questions showed it is possible for someone who has resigned for being a distraction to continue being…
Williamson out after bullying allegations
In the past few minutes Gavin Williamson has quit the government after another formal complaint was made about his conduct.…
Sunak escapes blame over Williamson allegations… so far
Pressure is mounting on Rishi Sunak and Gavin Williamson. The official who alleged that Williamson bullied them when defence secretary…
Braverman chooses Jenrick to be her shield
Suella Braverman didn’t come to the Commons to answer the Urgent Question that her Conservative colleague Sir Roger Gale had…
Why Sunak backtracked over fines for missed GP appointments
Not surprisingly, Rishi Sunak has dropped plans to fine NHS patients £10 for missed appointments. It was one of the…
Sunak will be pleased with his PMQs debut
Rishi Sunak vs Keir Starmer at Prime Minister’s Questions today was spicier than many had expected. Both men enjoyed themselves,…
Rishi Sunak vows to fix things for Britain
Unlike Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak didn’t skirt around the circumstances of the changing of the guard in No 10. His…
Liz Truss's defiant farewell speech
Liz Truss’s final words as Prime Minister were not just an attempt to set out what she sees as being…
What's next for Rishi Sunak as prime minister?
What is Rishi Sunak going to do as prime minister? We are still little the wiser, even after he addressed…
After Truss, who?
Sir Graham Brady has just given a statement outside the St Stephen’s entrance of parliament. The chair of the 1922…
Liz Truss apologises for the chaos. What next?
Finally, we hear from the Prime Minister. Liz Truss has given an interview to the BBC’s political editor Chris Mason.…
‘She’s just so bad at everything’: Tory MPs turn on Truss
Liz Truss’s Downing Street press conference has made everything worse, as far as Tory MPs are concerned. As soon as…
Will sacking Kwarteng be enough to save Truss’s premiership?
Can sacking Kwasi Kwarteng really save Liz Truss’s premiership? In the past few minutes, the chancellor has had a meeting…
Liz Truss walks into another row
With a wearying inevitability, Liz Truss has gone from one row to another. One of her own cabinet ministers, Leader…
What does Michael Gove want?
Tory conference has long been more stage-managed than other party meetings, but this year the official speeches from ministers have…
Why would Tory MPs trust Truss now?
Most Tory MPs went to bed last night convinced that their party was heading for an almighty showdown over the…
Is levelling up dead?
Does Liz Truss really believe in levelling up? She doesn’t talk about it that much, and it wasn’t really a…
Keir Starmer’s cautious conference speech
Keir Starmer’s big speech to his party’s conference was about the practical things Labour could do to fix Britain. He…
Is Labour ready for power?
Labour conference has been pretty strange so far. Not the sort of strange that parties in opposition get comfortably used…
Wes Streeting: ‘Keir’s not Superman, he can’t do it all by himself’
Is Wes Streeting Labour’s next leader?
Not all Tory MPs are happy about Kwasi Kwarteng's mini Budget
Rachel Reeves’ response to the not-a-budget was one of the best Budget responses a shadow chancellor has produced in Labour’s…
