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Lucy DunnThe Spectator |
Will the elections taking place across Ireland today result in a whole new government? Not really, is the conclusion most Irish citizens seem to be...
In the history of devolution, no Westminster government has ever given Scotland as large a block grant settlement as the one announced by Labour on...
When Kemi Badenoch took to the floor during GB News’s TV Q&A on Thursday evening, the atmosphere in the room climbed a notch. Robert Jenrick had...
Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour government has made a lot of noise about the perilous state of the NHS, insisting the institution must ‘reform or...
Junior doctors made headlines this week after begrudgingly accepted the government’s pay deal. Two thirds of British Medical Association (BMA)...
Priti Patel’s Tory leadership launch in Westminster this afternoon was an upbeat affair, featuring mango lassi and a tonne of merchandise. With...
Scotland’s exam results day has been something of a disaster this year. An already stressful time for anxious pupils has been made worse after...
Robert Jenrick chose a swelteringly hot day in sunny Newark to stage his official leadership campaign launch. ‘I’m in politics for you,’ he told...
When Sir Keir Starmer arrived in Southport on Tuesday to pay his respects for the victims of the stabbing tragedy, he was heckled by locals. ‘How...
Just days after junior doctors in England were offered a cumulative pay rise of 22 per cent, general practitioners across the country have voted in...
It’s not often that Irish republican party Sinn Féin hosts events in London, but the group included the UK capital in its post-election victory lap...
King Charles has now finished taking part in the state opening of parliament for the first time as monarch. The purpose of today’s King’s Speech...
It’s been a turbulent morning in Wales. First, four ministers from the Labour group quit over growing frustration at their scandal-ridden party...
Nigel Farage: racism row canvasser is an ‘actor’ It’s been a tricky few days for Reform UK’s leader Nigel Farage after one of his party’s...
Will Scotland’s central belt turn red? The last eighteen months of SNP chaos, from police probes to iPad scandals, coupled with an intense distrust...
‘Is the biggest problem for the SNP at this election,’ a Times journalist quizzed Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney this morning, ‘a...
The SNP has dominated Scotland since 2015. In an election held just months after the independence referendum, the country turned almost entirely...
In the second-floor room of a building on Tufton Street, Scotland’s former first minister Alex Salmond delivered a press conference this afternoon...
For victims of the biggest miscarriage of justice in British legal history, this week is an important one. Paula Vennells, former chief executive of...
Following Humza Yousaf’s resignation as First Minister, a fresh leadership contest could soon be on the cards. His would-be successors face an...
If Humza Yousaf last week suffered his ‘worst week’ in office, then the same can be said this week for Patrick Harvie, the co-leader of the...
The Chancellor will be anxiously preparing himself this evening for tomorrow’s papers, waiting to see how his Budget lands. He won’t need to wait...
You don’t often hear calls for more managers to solve the crisis in the NHS. But at The Spectator’s Health Summit held in Westminster this week,...
As Scottish devolution celebrates its 25th anniversary, are voters losing faith in Holyrood? A quarter of the country believes devolution has been bad...
Did Scotland’s more cautious approach to lockdown help better contain the virus? The evidence suggests the opposite. In fact, Scotland’s Covid...
Today’s Scottish government budget was tax-rise heavy – for both individual earners and businesses — in the name of public service support. But...
The NHS waiting list has fallen, although not by much. The number of patients waiting has fallen from 6.5 million to 6.44 million, while the number of...
The NHS faces an institutional and structural problem in the way it works, Wes Streeting believes. ‘Unless it changes, it’s not going to...