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Badenoch Broke The Clap-O-Meter
Robert Jenrick and Kemi Badenoch took part in their first televised hustings, and if the clap-o-meter is anything to go by, Badenoch won the debate -…
1 year, 4 months ago
Taylor Swift, Slick Jenrick
Why is the government still being dogged by stories about Taylor Swift tickets, is Robert Jenrick's conversion from centrist to right-winger credible…
1 year, 4 months ago
PMQs: Political Point Scoring?
Rishi Sunak focuses on the threat from China as the foreign secretary heads to Beijing. But is it, as Keir Starmer says, just "political point scorin…
1 year, 4 months ago
Will Labour Break Its Tax Promise?
If the chancellor increases employer national insurance contributions, will she have broken Labour's manifesto promise? And could weight-loss jabs he…
1 year, 4 months ago
Was The Transport Secretary Thrown Under The Bus?
As cabinet ministers come close to jeopardising the government's investment summit, is Labour still in campaign mode?
Hugo Rifkind unpacks the politi…
1 year, 4 months ago
Where's Sue Gray?
The prime minister's been at the first meeting of the new Council of the Nations and Regions, but why is his new "envoy to the nations and regions", …
1 year, 4 months ago
The Tory Identity Crisis
With James Cleverly out of the Conservative leadership contest and Boris Johnson teasing a possible return to frontline politics, does that party kno…
1 year, 5 months ago
PMQs: It's Like She's Voldemort
PMQs is back, with Keir Starmer facing questions about freebies and the budget - but why is everyone afraid to say Sue Gray's name?
Hugo Rifkind unpa…
1 year, 5 months ago
Crackdown On Cronyism?
Ministers are drawing up plans for political parties to have to publicly justify why they are appointing peers to the House of Lords.
Will it help co…
1 year, 5 months ago
Gray Matter
How and why was Sue Gray ousted from Downing Street, and what does it tell us about Keir Starmer's government?
Times columnists Patrick Maguire and Ha…
1 year, 5 months ago