What does the SNP exodus mean for the party’s 2026 line-up?
There is little over a year to go until the 2026 Holyrood election and Scottish party selection processes are underway.…
Can Reform land a knockout blow in Hull?
It was to a packed-out auditorium that Nigel Farage announced his party’s mayoral candidate for Hull and East Yorkshire on…
Medical students are being let down
It’s allocation day for junior doctor jobs. Soon-to-be medical graduates across the UK find out what deanery they will work…
Scotland’s education stats pose a problem for the SNP
The SNP may be outperforming Scottish Labour in the polls, but the party of government still faces tough questions on…
Reform declares war on renewables
It was in a plush central London office space lined with leafy wall plants that Reform UK chose to make…
Why we should heed warnings about weight loss jabs
Embarking on the quest to lose weight can be a risky business. Yo-yo dieting, compulsive binging, muscle wasting and brain…
What’s behind Reform’s surge in Scotland?
Five years ago, Reform UK had no presence in Scotland. Its Facebook and Twitter pages emerged during the latter half…
Will Ireland’s fed-up voters punish the Taoiseach in the snap election?
Will the elections taking place across Ireland today result in a whole new government? Not really, is the conclusion most…
Now the SNP must prove it can govern
In the history of devolution, no Westminster government has ever given Scotland as large a block grant settlement as the…
Robert Jenrick must do more
When Kemi Badenoch took to the floor during GB News’s TV Q&A on Thursday evening, the atmosphere in the room…
This is a ten-year plan, says Labour health minister
Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour government has made a lot of noise about the perilous state of the NHS, insisting the…
Stop calling us ‘junior’, demand doctors
Junior doctors made headlines this week after begrudgingly accepted the government’s pay deal. Two thirds of British Medical Association (BMA)…
Will Priti Patel’s ‘unity’ pitch succeed?
Priti Patel’s Tory leadership launch in Westminster this afternoon was an upbeat affair, featuring mango lassi and a tonne of…
Scotland’s poorest students are being failed by the SNP
Scotland’s exam results day has been something of a disaster this year. An already stressful time for anxious pupils has…
Is Robert Jenrick emerging as a leadership frontrunner?
Robert Jenrick chose a swelteringly hot day in sunny Newark to stage his official leadership campaign launch. ‘I’m in politics…
Will Starmer’s thug crackdown get results?
When Sir Keir Starmer arrived in Southport on Tuesday to pay his respects for the victims of the stabbing tragedy,…
Will Labour give in to Sinn Féin’s demands?
It’s not often that Irish republican party Sinn Féin hosts events in London, but the group included the UK capital…
Every bill announced in Labour’s King’s Speech
King Charles has now finished taking part in the state opening of parliament for the first time as monarch. The…
Vaughan Gething gone after just 118 days
It’s been a turbulent morning in Wales. First, four ministers from the Labour group quit over growing frustration at their…
Sunday shows round-up: Farage insists racism row canvasser an ‘actor’
Nigel Farage: racism row canvasser is an ‘actor’ It’s been a tricky few days for Reform UK’s leader Nigel Farage…
‘For the first time ever I might not vote’: East Renfrewshire’s voters are switching off
The SNP has dominated Scotland since 2015. In an election held just months after the independence referendum, the country turned…
Alex Salmond’s Alba party isn’t serious about the general election
In the second-floor room of a building on Tufton Street, Scotland’s former first minister Alex Salmond delivered a press conference…
Inside Scotland’s Post Office scandal
For victims of the biggest miscarriage of justice in British legal history, this week is an important one. Paula Vennells,…
Fergus Ewing: How Kate Forbes can save the SNP
Following Humza Yousaf’s resignation as First Minister, a fresh leadership contest could soon be on the cards. His would-be successors…
Are Scots tiring of devolution?
As Scottish devolution celebrates its 25th anniversary, are voters losing faith in Holyrood? A quarter of the country believes devolution…
