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Labour Together? Party morale & the threat of Reform
Former Labour MP Jonathan Ashworth and Patrick Maguire from The Times join Katy Balls for her penultimate Coffee House Shots podcast as The Spectator's political editor. Since losing his seat at last…
Published on 8 months ago
How Wes Streeting will make or break Starmer
Michael Gove and Katy Balls join James Heale to discuss their interview with the Health Secretary Wes Streeting included in this week’s special Easter edition of The Spectator. Michael identifies thr…
Published on 8 months ago
How will the parties judge success at the local elections?
With just over two weeks to go until the May elections, the latest national polling suggests an almost three-way split between Reform, Labour and the Conservatives. But will this translate to the loc…
Published on 8 months, 1 week ago
Has a US-UK trade deal inched closer?
As Donald Trump’s policies on tariffs keep shifting, leaving countries scrambling to react, there has been some good news for Keir Starmer and the Labour government. Speaking to UnHerd, the US vice-p…
Published on 8 months, 1 week ago
Scunthorpe's steel and Birmingham's bins: a tale of two Labours
Panic has subsided over the British Steel crisis as Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, while visiting the site in Scunthorpe, confirmed that the raw materials needed to keep the furnaces running ha…
Published on 8 months, 1 week ago
'Nationalisation in all but name': the blame game over British Steel
Parliament was recalled from Easter recess for a rare Saturday sitting of Parliament yesterday, to debate the future of British Steel. Legislation was passed to allow the government to take control o…
Published on 8 months, 1 week ago
Tariff turmoil: the end of globalisation or a blip in history?
Globalisation's obituary has been written many times before but, with the turmoil caused over the past few weeks with Donald Trump's various announcements on tariffs, could this mark the beginning of…
Published on 8 months, 1 week ago
The economy is growing!
Finally, some good news for your Friday: the economy is growing! Just when everyone seems to be revising down expectations of growth, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimates that GDP grew …
Published on 8 months, 1 week ago
'The art of the deal'?
Two days ago, talk of a 90-day pause on Donald Trump’s ‘reciprocal tariffs’ was branded ‘fake news’ by the White House. But yesterday, the President confirmed a 90-day pause on the higher tariff rate…
Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago
What could a US-UK trade deal look like?
Trump’s levies have kicked in today: including an astonishing 102 per cent tariff on China – after it missed the deadline to withdraw its retaliatory tariffs – and 20 per cent on the European Union. …
Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago