Dowden and Rayner do battle for the last time
Angela Rayner and Oliver Dowden shared a tender moment today at Deputy Prime Minister’s Questions as they bade farewell to…
Do we really need more ‘national conversations’?
Other than being fired out of a cannon to raise funds for the NHS, what could Wes Streeting possibly learn…
Does Wes Streeting’s ten-year NHS plan amount to anything?
The Health Secretary is making a big fanfare about a cash boost in the Budget and a new plan to…
Starmer denies being soft on China
Prime Minister’s Questions today asked the same question that Katy raised in her magazine cover piece last week: what is…
Keir Starmer’s reset comes unstuck at PMQs
Keir Starmer’s reset isn’t going very well. He turned up at Prime Minister’s Questions today clearly hoping to talk about…
Do the Tories need to worry about the winter fuel row?
How long are the Tories going to campaign on the winter fuel payment? It was their main line of attack…
Starmer insists he hasn’t stepped back support for Israel
Keir Starmer took a different tone on Israel today. That change of tone is to a certain extent to be…
The heart-rending story of a child’s heart transplant
As nine-year-old Max resigns himself to death, a saviour arrives in the person of Keira, the victim of a tragic car crash, whose family opts to donate her organs
Badenoch pitches herself as the great disruptor
Kemi Badenoch’s opening video before her speech had a series of politicians and normal people talking at odd angles into…
James Cleverly thinks the Tories need to be more ‘normal’
James Cleverly’s speech did a much better job than Tom Tugendhat’s of explaining what sort of person he is, and…
Does Kemi cause problems for Kemi?
Kemi Badenoch is being followed around the Tory party conference by her own comments about maternity pay. She had to…
Did you know Tom Tugendhat was in the military?
Tom Tugendhat may have the most interesting merchandise in this Tory leadership contest (including fake tan, for reasons no-one has…
Jeremy Hunt tells the Tory party some uncomfortable truths
Jeremy Hunt is one of the few Tories willing to take the fight to Labour while the Conservative leadership contest…
What Kemi Badenoch should learn from her maternity pay row
The first row of Tory conference has, unsurprisingly, involved Kemi Badenoch. The leadership contender was on Times Radio this morning…
Starmer tells Israel ‘no more excuses’ on Gaza aid
Keir Starmer has moved on rather quickly from Labour conference, pitching up in New York to tell Israel that it…
Liz Kendall’s difficult task of defending the winter fuel cut
Arguably the most difficult speech of the whole of Labour conference came from Liz Kendall. The Work and Pensions secretary…
Wes Streeting is convincing, but where’s his plan?
This Labour conference has largely been about Keir Starmer and his ministers making the argument for what they are doing,…
Keir Starmer needs to sell his government
Keir Starmer has his big speech today at Labour conference and, like Rachel Reeves’s offering yesterday, the Prime Minister plans…
Has Labour got anything new to say at its party conference?
Have you learned anything about this Labour government from the conference speeches so far? Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ address to the…
It’s no surprise nurses want a bigger pay rise
Just as the Chancellor Rachel Reeves was talking in her conference speech about the importance of resolving public sector strikes,…
Can Keir Starmer reverse his fortunes at Labour conference?
What is Keir Starmer wearing, how much is it worth and who paid for it? That’s normally a question only…
Is Keir Starmer serious about reforming the NHS?
Does Keir Starmer want to use Lord Darzi’s report on the NHS today merely as the latest ‘shocking’ piece of…
Keir Starmer needs to answer the question
Neither Keir Starmer nor Rishi Sunak were very good at Prime Minister’s Questions today. Though Starmer didn’t get his own…
Does Starmer know what to do with the unions?
Before coming into government, Keir Starmer would use his battles with the unions, particularly Unite, as a way of defining…
What Rachel Reeves told Labour MPs
Who was Rachel Reeves more worried about tonight when she addressed the Parliamentary Labour party? The Labour MPs who will…
