Robert Jenrick resigns as immigration minister
In the past few minutes, James Cleverly has confirmed that Robert Jenrick has resigned as immigration minister. He was asked…
Boris argues that Covid mistakes were inevitable. Is he right?
Boris Johnson had clearly come to the Covid Inquiry intending to be magnanimous about everyone, even advisers like Dominic Cummings…
Cleverly’s battle to send flights to Rwanda is not over yet
James Cleverly has just signed a new treaty with Rwanda that the UK government hopes will lead to the deportation…
Sunak loses Commons vote for first time as PM
The government has just been defeated in the Commons for the first time since Rishi Sunak became Prime Minister. It…
Starmer has no vision. Is that a bad thing?
Keir Starmer seems to be most comfortable when he’s pointing out how badly the Tories are doing, rather than when…
Do the Tories have a migration plan?
What is the Tory party’s policy on immigration after record-breaking net migration figures and the failure of its Rwanda policy…
Hunt’s Autumn Statement was surprisingly upbeat
Jeremy Hunt has just finished the most upbeat economic statement we’ve heard in a good while – certainly since the…
Will the Tories’ ‘carrot and stick’ benefits plan work?
Rishi Sunak wants to frame a benefits crackdown in tomorrow’s Autumn Statement in compassionate terms, with ministers saying people with…
Tory MPs want a sense of vision from the PM
The Autumn Statement marks the latest in Rishi Sunak’s series of (often contradictory) relaunches Jeremy Hunt has started the week…
Suella Braverman’s clumsiness makes Met reform less likely
Suella Braverman’s career as Home Secretary may be over very soon. But a long tail of it will be the…
Sunak has no easy options in the Suella Braverman row
Tory whips are doing a ring around of their MPs to find out what they think of the row over…
Is Suella Braverman trying to get sacked?
Tory MPs are in an even more fractious mood than usual following Suella Braverman’s article in the Times. No. 10…
Is Sunak right to say the Palestine march is ‘disrespectful’?
What does Rishi Sunak mean when he says Saturday’s pro-Palestine march in London is ‘disrespectful’? The Prime Minister was responding…
All Sunak wants to do is attack Labour
Rishi Sunak wants voters to see the Conservatives as taking difficult, ambitious choices, including on net zero and transport. He…
The King’s Speech was all about the next election
‘My ministers’ focus is on increasing economic growth and safeguarding the health and security of the British people for generations…
Sunak’s AI summit has achieved little on its own
What was the point of Rishi Sunak’s landmark AI summit at Bletchley Park? The Prime Minister has just given a…
What’s the point of the Covid inquiry?
Was anything in Martin Reynolds’s evidence to the Covid inquiry surprising today? We already knew that Boris Johnson had a…
Can Starmer take the heat off the Labour ceasefire row?
Keir Starmer is under increasing pressure from Labour frontbenchers to change tack and back calls for a ceasefire in the…
Will the UK proscribe Iran’s revolutionary guard?
Why won’t the government proscribe the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps? MPs have been asking that question for more than a…
Sunak declares ‘watershed moment’ in Middle East
Rishi Sunak’s update to MPs on the Israel-Hamas conflict today included the revelation that the UK security services had concluded…
Can Sunak convince Tory MPs to hold their nerve?
Why have the Tories lost both Mid Bedfordshire and Tamworth, seats they could normally rely on the laws of physics…
Sunak unites the Commons behind Israel’s right to defence
Most of the questions to Rishi Sunak today at Prime Minister’s Questions can be usefully summarised by the point put…
Sunak calls the Israel attack a ‘pogrom’
Should the UK warn Israel about its response to the Hamas attack? The Prime Minister was very pointed as he…
Keir Starmer looks ready for an election
The stage invasion at the start of Keir Starmer’s speech was a total failure for the protestor who carried it…
Rishi Sunak vows to end the ‘30-year status quo’ in Tory conference speech
Rishi Sunak pitched himself as the change candidate at the next election in his speech to Conservative party conference this…
