What is the point of Lee Anderson?
Who is the most divisive figure in politics? Last year the Daily Mirror claimed Lee Anderson was ‘the worst man…
‘Get the boats done’ – could there be a referendum on the ECHR?
It’s ‘stop the boats’ week in 10 Downing Street as part of government plans to avoid a news vacuum over the…
Supercops: the return of tough policing
Old-school policing is back
How Labour won back Britain’s millionaires
Labour’s new private donors
NatWest faces questions over backing Alison Rose
A week is a long time in politics and a day is a long time in banking. On Tuesday afternoon,…
Will Sunak and Starmer now ditch their green promises?
Where do the by-election results leave Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer? The Labour leader had been hoping for a victory…
Labour’s reality check
Rishi Sunak goes into the summer holidays in the same position he began the year: 20 points behind in the…
Sunak avoids triple by-election defeat after Tories hold Uxbridge
Rishi Sunak has narrowly avoided three by-election losses. Overnight, the Conservatives lost Somerton and Frome to the Liberal Democrats, overturning…
Labour vs the unions
The Labour party is preparing for power and the unions are deciding what role they might play. Friend or foe?…
Urgency drives the day at the Vilnius Nato summit
Rishi Sunak heads to Lithuania today for the Nato leaders’ summit (which means he will be missing another Prime Minister’s…
Jonathan Ashworth: ‘We are at risk of a lost generation’
Jonathan Ashworth on Labour’s plans to cut unemployment
What if Boris Johnson was still prime minister?
It’s one year today since Boris Johnson resigned as prime minister, following mass resignations in the ministerial ranks. At the…
Rishi’s Tory rating turns negative
As the average mortgage rate for a five-year fixed deal rises to 6 per cent, Rishi Sunak can find little…
Red Wall MPs go up against Sunak on legal migration
Rishi Sunak is facing calls from the latest Tory caucus – ‘the New Conservatives’ – to take a series of…
What does reshuffle season have in store?
Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak have something in common: both men are under pressure to reshuffle their front benches and…
Rishi’s Rwanda asylum plan ruled to be unlawful
It never rains but pours for Rishi Sunak. After a difficult few weeks for the Prime Minister, the Court of…
‘We’ve got to hold our nerve’: Rishi Sunak’s BBC interview
As mortgage rates surge and a new Opinium poll finds Labour’s lead has jumped to 18 points, Rishi Sunak appeared…
Can Labour win back Scotland?
When the political cabinet met on Tuesday, by-elections were on the agenda. The Prime Minister is facing four of them.…
The plot against the PM
The plot against the PM
Sunak comes out fighting over Boris honours row
Rishi Sunak has just delivered a direct rebuke of Boris Johnson over the resignation honours row. Sunak used an interview…
Why Rishi Sunak fears the Covid inquiry
A former Labour spin doctor recently offered some advice for governments considering a public inquiry. Rule No. 1: Don’t. But…
Is it really over for Boris Johnson?
It’s Boris day in Westminster. First, the publication of his resignations honours list and now a resignation from the man…
Boris Johnson’s honours list is a loyalty test
Finally the day has come. After countless reports over the contents of Boris Johnson’s resignation honours list, the names are…
Will the first migrant flight to Rwanda take off in September?
Rishi Sunak attempted to get on the front foot this week by giving an update on the progress he has…
Is Sunak heading for a showdown over Rwanda?
When the Prime Minister first assembled his cabinet, the most controversial appointment was Suella Braverman as Home Secretary. She had…
