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What a difference a month makes. In December, Nigel Farage was tweeting about his meeting with Elon Musk and the world’s richest man’s support for...
What does Rachel Reeves have in common with George Osborne? It’s not that she is hell-bent on delivering an austerity agenda – even if parts of...
The next election may not be expected for another four years but that won’t stop politicos speculating as to what would happen were a vote called...
Nigel Farage has called on Kemi Badenoch to say sorry after the Conservative party leader accused him of inflating Reform membership numbers. ‘I...
Nigel Farage has received a late Christmas present. According to figures released by Reform, his party has overtaken the Conservatives on the...
In the United States, it’s Donald Trump. In Argentina, it’s Javier Milei. And in Italy, it is Giorgia Meloni. Here in the UK, could Kemi Badenoch...
Christmas may be two days away but there is little reason for cheer in 11 Downing Street. The Chancellor faces another wave of bad economic news...
Asked by MPs this week if he might have done anything slightly differently during his first few months in government, Keir Starmer responded with a...
For a week, the Labour Government looked as though its new Downing Street grid was working. There have been a series of carefully planned...
Is the Chagos Islands deal dead? Ever since Keir Starmer and his foreign secretary David Lammy announced plans to hand the remote archipelago to...
It’s happened. To the likely dismay of both Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch, Nigel Farage has met with Elon Musk to discuss his party’s...
Santa will have a tricky time this year fulfilling all the Christmas wish lists in Westminster. Keir Starmer is desperately hoping for a change in...
Another day, another piece of bad news for the chancellor. The economy shrank in October for the second month in a row. Figures from the Office for...
Keir Starmer spent much of his big reset day talking about something he didn’t intend to: immigration. The Prime Minister’s much-hyped speech...
Arriving on stage to accept ‘Newcomer of the Year’ at The Spectator’s Parliamentarian of the Year awards, Nigel Farage gave a warning to the...
This time last year, Rishi Sunak was struggling in 10 Downing Street while Sir Keir Starmer appeared on the cusp of power. Fast-forward to the...
Keir Starmer is only 150 days into his premiership and his team are already planning a reset. Officially, no one in Downing Street is using the R...
There are occasional votes in Parliament that have the potential to change the fabric of the country. This was the case on Friday when MPs passed...
The assisted dying bill has passed its second reading. After an emotionally charged debate, MPs have voted 330 to 275 in support of private members...
Keir Starmer is one cabinet minister down. This morning Louise Haigh resigned as Transport Secretary following the revelation that she had pleaded...
At the beginning of the year, Rachel Reeves was being praised all round for her efforts repairing relations between the Labour party and business....
What is a working person? This question dominated the lead-up to Labour’s first Budget in over 14 years. After Rachel Reeves stood at the despatch...
Before Kamala Harris met her crushing defeat in the US election, Labour aides were keen to talk up what the Democrats were learning from their own...
Benjamin Netanyahu faces arrest if he enters Britain. That is the welcome the Israeli leader will receive should he fancy another trip to the UK...
Donald Trump is not yet in the White House – but already his presence is felt across Westminster. Labour ministers are regularly asked by the...
Avote on assisted dying was supposed to be one of the easiest reforms for Keir Starmer’s government. To many, including the Prime Minister himself,...
Keir Starmer will today become the first prime minister in six years to meet with Xi Jinping. The Labour leader is due to meet with the Chinese...
When Rachel Reeves went out to sell her £40bn tax-raising budget on the airwaves, she offered a message of reassurance: ‘We don’t need to come...
It’s hard to watch the news or pick up a paper without coming across a discussion on how Keir Starmer ought to handle Donald Trump. Since this...
Who is the biggest winner in the UK from Donald Trump’s victory across the pond? The answer may be Nigel Farage. While Labour ministers have so...
At her first shadow cabinet as Tory leader, Kemi Badenoch walked into the room and declared that there were ‘still too many people’. Various...
The first outing at Prime Minister’s Questions for any leader is a defining moment. In 2016, Theresa May calmed nerves in her party by coming out...
It’s happened. The scenario Labour politicians hoped would not come to pass is now a reality: Donald Trump is heading back to the White House....
In approximately 12 hours, all UK news will take a back seat as the world looks to the United States and the election of a new American president....
One of the regular refrains from Keir Starmer’s team during their wilderness years was that oppositions don’t win elections, governments lose...