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…
Sunak has Raab’s fate in his hands
After a five-month investigation Adam Tooley KC has today given Downing Street his report into the bullying claims against Dominic…
Tory rebels win concessions on judges blocking flights
Ministers have agreed to back two amendments to its flagship Illegal Migration Bill as part of No. 10’s attempt to…
The gloves are off in the Labour party
When Rishi Sunak became Tory leader, the party was 30 points behind Labour: that kind of deficit has historically been…
Britain joining CPTPP is a triumph for the Tories
This morning ministers have confirmed that Britain has joined the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) – the first new…
Will cruise ships solve the migrant housing crisis?
In an ironic twist, cruise ships are being hailed as the latest measure to help ‘stop the boats’. Most Fleet…
Five things we learned from Boris’s Privileges Committee grilling
Boris Johnson has just finished a mammoth three hour evidence session in front of the Privileges Committee inquiry into whether…
Johnson makes his partygate defence
Boris Johnson has today published his long-awaited ‘partygate’ defence, ahead of his appearance before the Privileges Committee tomorrow afternoon. In…
Can Aukus really counter China?
Rishi Sunak has announced in California the details of the UK-US pact to supply Australia with nuclear-powered submarines. Aukus was…
How much longer can Simon Case cling on?
How much longer has the cabinet secretary got?
Will Sunak’s charm offensive with Macron yield results?
Rishi Sunak and Emmanuel Macron held a press conference together at the Élysée Palace today to mark their new deal…
