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Israel strikes Iran – how will Iran retaliate?
Israel struck military and nuclear targets in Iran overnight in a major escalation of hostilities in the Middle East has begun further strikes on Fri…
1 year ago
Is Rachel Reeves’s headroom shrinking?
There were clear winners and losers in Rachel Reeves’s spending review yesterday but some of her announcements around capital spending and investment…
1 year ago
Spending review: smoke, mirrors and no strategy
There were few surprises in Rachel Reeves’s spending review today. Health was the big winner, with a £29bn increase in day-to-day spending and £39bn …
1 year ago
Labour goes nuclear while Reform turns to coal
Rachel Reeves has pledged a ‘new era of nuclear power’ as the government confirms a £14.2 billion investment in the Sizewell C nuclear plant in Suffo…
1 year ago
Labour try to silence ‘austerity-lite’ accusations
James Nation, formerly a special adviser to Rishi Sunak and now an MD at Forefront Advisers, joins the Spectator’s deputy political editor James Heal…
1 year ago
Rupert Lowe on Reform turmoil, Chagos 'treason' and taking the Tory whip
The Spectator’s editor Michael Gove and assistant editor Madeline Grant interview Rupert Lowe, MP for Great Yarmouth and notorious Westminster provoc…
1 year ago
Surprise Labour victory as Reform’s fallout continues
Scottish Labour have a new MSP today as Davy Russell won the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election, taking the seat from the SNP. Labour won …
1 year ago
Zia Yusuf resigns from Reform
Zia Yusuf resigned this evening from his position as chairman of Reform UK, saying: ‘I no longer believe working to get a Reform government elected i…
1 year ago
From Thatcher to Truss, who's haunting Mel Stride?
Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride delivered a speech today where he attempted to banish the ghost of Liz Truss and improve the Conservatives' reputation o…
1 year ago
To spend or not to spend
Rachel Reeves unveiled billions of pounds of investment today for transport and infrastructure projects, as Labour attempts to demonstrate that next …
1 year ago