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Does Kemi have a plan?
It's been Kemi-takes-action week for the Conservatives, with the leader of the opposition trying to prove that she can – in fact – do policy. She lau…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Can Keir trust Macron?
It’s a big day in defence. Keir Starmer began the day in Barrow talking about nuclear subs and will end the day in a meeting of the ‘coalition of the…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Spring Statement or ‘Emergency Budget’?
The question that everyone in Westminster wants answered is what will actually be included in next week’s Spring Statement. Previously, the Spring St…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Inside Labour's welfare split
This afternoon we had Liz Kendall’s long-awaited address in the Commons on Labour’s plans for welfare reform. The prospect of £5 billion worth of cut…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Can the Tories save their education legacy?
Bridget Phillipson's schools bill is back in the Commons today. The scope of the legislation is twofold: firstly, looking at the welfare of children …
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 16/03/2025
Isabel Hardman presents highlights from Sunday morning's political shows.
NHS England will be demolished as Labour make sweeping changes to the NHS,…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Is Keir Starmer a Tory?
Slashing the winter fuel allowance, maintaining the two child benefit cap, cutting international aid, cutting the civil service, axing NHS bureaucrac…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
The UK economy is shrinking - how much pressure is Rachel Reeves under?
New figures from the Office for National Statistics show the UK economy unexpectedly shrunk by 0.1% in January. This comes only a few weeks after the…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Why Labour are abolishing NHS England
It was widely briefed that the main focus of Sir Keir Starmer’s speech in Yorkshire today was his plan to do away with Whitehall red tape. What was k…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
What will Nicola Sturgeon's legacy be?
Nicola Sturgeon has announced her intention to step down at the next Scottish Parliament election in May 2026. One of the original MSPs elected to Ho…
11 months, 3 weeks ago