What are the Tories for if not lower taxes?
‘I didn’t come into politics to raise taxes on working people,’ said the shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves in Liverpool this…
Accused parliamentary researcher denies spying for China
A former House of Commons researcher has this morning denied claims that he ever spied for China. The man in…
China is targeting Britain’s Sinosceptics
The Times has today named the parliamentary researcher who has been arrested under the Official Secrets Act, on suspicion that…
Was Truss doomed to fail on day one?
‘I’m sorry for the damage and the loss. It was a scary time, and I’m sorry for that.’ Kwasi Kwarteng’s…
India’s century: Sunak’s plan for a new Indo-Pacific alliance
The PM’s visit to New Delhi could be a defining moment
The problem with the Tories’ ‘local heroes’
You know the Conservative party is in trouble when it does not dare use its name on leaflets. Instead, it…
The Greens are coming for the Tories
So far, Keir Starmer has been unmoved by complaints from left-wingers that his policies differ little from those of Boris…
Susan Hall: Sadiq Khan is a misogynist
The Tory candidate for London mayor lets rip
Susan Hall wins Tory mayoral race
The Tories now have their candidate to take on Sadiq Khan next May. Susan Hall, the right wing member of…
Huw Edwards named by wife as BBC presenter at centre of scandal
After five days of speculation, Huw Edwards has today been named as the BBC star at the centre of allegations…
Illegal Migration Bill survives mammoth voting session
Tory whips and publicans are the only people smiling in parliament tonight, after a mammoth three and a half hour…
SNP calls for drugs to be decriminalised
It’s Humza Yousaf’s 100th day in office today. So what better way to mark this milestone than with a fresh…
Cabinet Office forced to hand over Boris WhatsApp messages
It’s more bad news for the government today. The High Court has this afternoon ordered ministers to release Boris Johnson’s…
Zac Goldsmith quits with personal attack on Sunak
One name stood out yesterday in the Privileges Committee dossier on parliamentarians who had attacked the panel over its investigation…
Will Ulez be the undoing of Sadiq Khan?
London faces its seventh mayoral election next year and, yet again, the Tories are having trouble finding a suitable candidate.…
Three things we’ve learned from the Partygate report
The Privileges Committee has today published its findings on whether Boris Johnson deliberately misled MPs over Partygate. The House of…
Downing Street hits back in peerages row
Talk about the end of the peer show. Boris Johnson’s allies have spent the past two days spitting blood and…
Johnson’s honours list spells more trouble for Sunak
Another day, another episode in the ongoing Johnson-Sunak psychodrama. Following clashes over the Stormont brake and the Covid inquiry, Rishi…
The battle with the Blob
Most prime ministers fall out with the civil service at some point. David Cameron attacked the ‘enemies of enterprise’; Tony…
Cabinet Office to take the Covid inquiry to court
The Cabinet Office has tonight launched a last-ditch legal effort to avoid handing over Boris Johnson’s unredacted WhatsApps to the official Covid…
Tory MPs line up to support Suella Braverman
Once it was David Gauke, then it was Michael Ellis. Now it is Jeremy Quin who bears the honorary title…
What is Lee Anderson up to?
A new week brings with it a new backbench group. The New Conservatives are a dozen MPs who are drawn…
Truss in Taiwan warns of new Cold War with China
Liz Truss is in Taiwan this week, urging the West to take a stronger stance against China. Her message is clear:…
Inside the clash between Boris and Charles
Conversations between the Prime Minister and the monarchy are, by convention, kept strictly confidential – and taken to the grave.…
Local elections 2023: Tories lose 1,000 councillors
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer says his party is on track to win the next general election after the Tories…
