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Labour vs the NIMBYs, plus are sandwiches ‘for wimps’?
Today Downing Street has continued its reset – that is definitely not a reset – by providing more details on Labour’s plan to cut the planning red tape and deliver a housing revolution. Their target …
Published on 1 year ago
Have Labour got a grip of the prisons crisis?
Labour are planning to publish a 10-year plan to get on the front foot when it comes to the prisons crisis. Shifting from the previous government’s preference to run the system hot to a policy of ear…
Published on 1 year ago
Spending review: a return to austerity?
Preparations are stepping up for the government’s spending review, due in June. The Chancellor has taken a more personable approach to communicating with ministers, writing to them to outline how the…
Published on 1 year ago
How does the Syrian conflict affect Britain?
Following news that President Bashar Al-Assad's regime in Syria has fallen, Natasha Feroze discusses what comes next with James Heale and Michael Stephens, senior associate fellow at RUSI. What does …
Published on 1 year ago
Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 08/12/2024
Isabel Hardman presents highlights from Sunday morning's political shows.
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Are the SNP exploiting Labour woes?
The SNP presented their budget this week in Holyrood with the news that all pensioners would receive a winter fuel allowance and a pledge to scrap the two-child benefit cap. Questions remain about ho…
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‘If anything we went too late’: exclusive interview with Sunak’s chief of staff
In this special edition of Coffee House Shots Katy Balls speaks to Lord Liam Booth-Smith, Rishi Sunak’s former chief of staff.
In his first interview since leaving government: Liam takes us inside R…
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Is immigration not a priority for Labour?
There is a feeling of deja-vu in Westminster today as Keir Starmer unveiled his plan for change and six 'milestones' (not pledges) to turn the country around. They are: raising living standards in ev…
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Spectator Awards: Nigel Farage promises a 'political revolution'
Last night was The Spectator’s Parliamentarian of the Year Awards. Politicians of every stripe were in attendance, with Wes Streeting, Robert Jenrick and Stephen Flynn among those present. There were…
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Is Starmer planning a foreign policy reset too?
Keir Starmer is preparing to give his big reset speech on Thursday. But the more interesting address is perhaps the one he gave last night at the annual Lord Mayor’s Banquet, where the Prime Minister…
Published on 1 year ago