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It’s hard to find a member of the 2024 Tory election campaign who had an uplifting experience. Several are still traumatised. But those trying to...
Robert Jenrick will soon submit his nomination papers to the 1922 chairman for the Tory leadership contest. When he does so, this will make him the...
On Monday night the Conservatives announced the rules of the party’s leadership contest. The reaction in Labour circles was incredulity that their...
There was a ripple of shock across the House of Commons on Tuesday night after Keir Starmer withdrew the whip from seven Labour MPs for backing an...
James Cleverly has become the first candidate to declare in the Conservative leadership contest. Announcing the news tonight in an op-ed for the...
Is there white smoke at last in the Tory leadership contest? Last week the 1922 committee and Conservative board met but failed to agree the Tory...
When Labour was preparing for government, Sue Gray wrote a government risk register of the biggest challenges the party could face if it took power....
There had been hope that the Tories would announce the rules and timetable for the party’s leadership contest before the week was out. Then, next...
Keir Starmer is at Blenheim Palace today for the gathering of the European Political Community, the forum created by Emmanuel Macron in the wake of...
Labour MPs ought to have been jubilant when they gathered for their weekly all-party parliamentary meeting on Monday. Most were still riding high...
“The right always wins” – this was the assessment of a party old hand ahead of the last Tory leadership contest. They were proven correct....
Who will lead the Conservative party in opposition? By Tory party conference, we should have the answer. After much debate about the rules and timing...
Donald Trump put an end to speculation on Monday with the announcement that his pick for vice president will be JD Vance. With Trump riding high in...
There has been much attention over the past week over how new MPs have chosen to be sworn in. This new parliament is the most openly non-religious in...
David Lammy is visiting Israel and the Palestinian Territories – his first trip to the Middle East as Foreign Secretary. On his meeting list so far...
When Keir Starmer gave his first Downing Street press conference last weekend, he warned that ‘tough decisions’ were coming shortly. The first of...
When Tory MPs gathered on Wednesday night to hear Rishi Sunak address them for the first time since their worst election defeat, they were told to be...
When Keir Starmer’s Labour party gathered on Monday to celebrate their election victory, the difficulty was finding a big enough venue. There were...
Four days on from Keir Starmer’s landslide victory, Westminster is still soaking up the results of the general election. With the Labour leader...
How long will Keir Starmer’s honeymoon last? The Prime Minister is basking in election glory after leading his party to a landslide victory. This...
As the election results rolled in in the small hours of Friday, there was a steady drumbeat of Tory big beasts being ousted across the country. From...
Keir Starmer has given his first speech as prime minister. Labour’s seventh leader to make it to 10 Downing Street walked up the pavement to his new...
As Labour declares victory in the general election, Rishi Sunak is on course to preside over the Tories’ worst ever general election result. As the...
The polls have closed and the exit poll is in. The BBC exit poll projects that Labour will win a landslide of 410 MPs and the Conservatives will be...
Outside a café on the outskirts of Reading, Rachel Reeves is listening to the concerns of small-business owners. ‘Something that has affected us...
Another day, another Reform party scandal. This has been the recurring theme of the final weeks of the election campaign: candidates for Nigel...
The final polls are rolling in ahead of voters going to the polls tomorrow. On Tuesday night, Survation published its last MRP poll of the campaign,...
In just two days, voters will head to the polling booth to cast their vote in the 2024 general election. Will there be any surprises in store? So far,...
When Keir Starmer appeared on BBC Radio 5 Live on Friday morning, he appeared to let the cat out the bag. The Labour leader suggested he would scrap...
When Rishi Sunak stunned his cabinet colleagues by calling a snap election, they feared the worst. Fast forward a month and what they originally saw...
It never rains but pours for Rishi Sunak. After a weekend of negative headlines over the Tory gambling scandal and a grilling on the Sun’s...
So far in this election campaign the consistent theme has been Tory turmoil. A large part of this has been caused by Nigel Farage and his decision to...
With under a fortnight to go until polling day, Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer have little in common. One is leading a scandal-stricken campaign, and...
Is the Tory campaign cursed? After Rishi Sunak battled through the pouring rain when he called the election, suffered the return of Nigel Farage and...
It’s 7am, Friday 5 July, and the recriminations have begun. The Tories have suffered their worst defeat in history – the knives are out. Losing...
On a street in Camberley, Surrey, a pensioner stands in the doorway, rollers in her hair, staring with some bemusement at the Liberal Democrat...
There’s a meme that’s been doing the rounds online of last week’s G7 summit. The seven leaders stand in together for a photo in Apulia, Italy...
How is the Conservative campaign going? Well, according to the latest YouGov poll, things are looking worse for Rishi Sunak and his party than when he...
What question do Labour politicians dread the most? Anything on ruling out tax rises isn’t great – the party is trying to give itself as much...
Every morning in Conservative Campaign Headquarters, Tory aides kickstart the day by blasting out Elvis Presley’s ‘a little less conversation’...
Picture the scene. It’s 5 July. A triumphant Keir Starmer has just arrived at 10 Downing Street after securing a majority of 272 – bigger than...
Here we go. This evening the Reform party has overtaken the Tories according to a new YouGov poll. The survey for the Times found that support for...
What would Labour do in power? This is the question Sir Keir Starmer tried to answer this morning as he appeared in Manchester for the launch of his...
It’s a sunny Friday afternoon in Gullane, an affluent seaside town on the Firth of Forth. For political campaigners, golden hour is the perfect time...
The Tories managed to avoid any major own goals or gaffes during the launch of their manifesto. Given some of the problems over the last few weeks on...
On Tuesday morning, Rishi Sunak will unveil the Conservative party’s 2024 manifesto. So far, there is talk of tax cuts, welfare reform and the need...
As a general rule, you know your election campaign has gone off track when politicians are being asked on the broadcast round whether their leader...
In the spin room in Manchester on Tuesday night, there was palpable relief from Rishi Sunak’s team as the first head-to-head of the election...