Is the Chagos deal dead in the water?
Is the Chagos Islands deal dead? Ever since Keir Starmer and his foreign secretary David Lammy announced plans to hand…
Farage’s Musk meeting is uncomfortable for the Tories and Labour
It’s happened. To the likely dismay of both Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch, Nigel Farage has met with Elon Musk…
Why 2025 could redefine politics
Santa will have a tricky time this year fulfilling all the Christmas wish lists in Westminster. Keir Starmer is desperately…
Economy shrinks in blow for Rachel Reeves
Another day, another piece of bad news for the chancellor. The economy shrank in October for the second month in…
Can Labour’s reset see off Reform?
Arriving on stage to accept ‘Newcomer of the Year’ at The Spectator’s Parliamentarian of the Year awards, Nigel Farage gave…
Is Keir Starmer turning into Rishi Sunak?
Keir Starmer is only 150 days into his premiership and his team are already planning a reset. Officially, no one…
‘I was much more disposable than I believed’: an interview with Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson is enjoying himself back at The Spectator. ‘My place of former employment,’ the former editor booms as he…
Will the assisted dying bill become law?
The assisted dying bill has passed its second reading. After an emotionally charged debate, MPs have voted 330 to 275…
Louise Haigh’s resignation raises questions for Keir Starmer
Keir Starmer is one cabinet minister down. This morning Louise Haigh resigned as Transport Secretary following the revelation that she…
The election petition reveals Starmer’s Achilles heel
Today the Prime Minister is attempting to get back on the front foot with the publication of an employment white…
Rachel Reeves faces a frosty reception at the CBI summit
At the beginning of the year, Rachel Reeves was being praised all round for her efforts repairing relations between the…
Who are Labour’s new working-class voters? An interview with Claire Ainsley
What is a working person? This question dominated the lead-up to Labour’s first Budget in over 14 years. After Rachel…
Wild Wes: Streeting is causing trouble for Starmer
Avote on assisted dying was supposed to be one of the easiest reforms for Keir Starmer’s government. To many, including…
Is Keir Starmer really going to arrest Benjamin Netanyahu?
Benjamin Netanyahu faces arrest if he enters Britain. That is the welcome the Israeli leader will receive should he fancy…
Assisted dying is becoming Starmer’s mess
In the months before the general election, the Labour party had an internal debate about starting a ‘national conversation’ on…
Has Trump already derailed Reeves’s first Budget?
When Rachel Reeves went out to sell her £40bn tax-raising budget on the airwaves, she offered a message of reassurance:…
Inside Kemi Badenoch’s first shadow cabinet
At her first shadow cabinet as Tory leader, Kemi Badenoch walked into the room and declared that there were ‘still…
How does Starmer solve a problem like Farage?
Who is the biggest winner in the UK from Donald Trump’s victory across the pond? The answer may be Nigel…
Three challenges Trump poses for Starmer
It’s happened. The scenario Labour politicians hoped would not come to pass is now a reality: Donald Trump is heading…
Has Kemi Badenoch formed a unity cabinet?
In approximately 12 hours, all UK news will take a back seat as the world looks to the United States…
What Kemi Badenoch’s victory means for the Conservatives
The results of the Conservative leadership contest are in. Almost four months after the Tory party suffered its worst general…
Labour’s new cabinet divide
There were no civil servants present when ministers gathered for their weekly cabinet meeting on Tuesday. The reason? It was…
Will Rachel Reeves hike taxes even higher?
Rachel Reeves has spent the morning out on the media round trying to sell her first Budget to the public.…
Three tests for Reeves’s first Budget
It’s Budget day in Westminster. The question being asked by Labour MPs: can Rachel Reeves pull it off? This lunchtime,…
Keir Starmer’s Budget reality check
It’s Budget week in Westminster. Over three months after Keir Starmer triumphed in the general election, his Chancellor Rachel Reeves…
