Should Starmer be worried about this petition?

Today is the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) conference, at which Rachel Reeves has laid out her plan to 'Get Britain Working' and prove Labour as the party of business ... despite what the r…

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Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 24/11/24

Isabel Hardman presents highlights from Sunday morning’s political shows. 

The vote on the Assisted Dying Bill is approaching. Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall gives her view, and Belgian hea…

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Is the Tory psychodrama over?

Tim Shipman, chief political commentator at The Sunday Times, joins Katy Balls to discuss his new book, Out: How Brexit Got Done and the Tories Were Undone. The final instalment in Shipman's Brexit q…

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Is Keir Starmer really going to arrest Benjamin Netanyahu?

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants against Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defence minister Yoav Gallant as well as – separately – for Hamas military leader, Mohammed De…

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Starmer's Streeting problem

A vote on assisted dying was supposed to be one of the easiest reforms for Keir Starmer’s government. To many, including the Prime Minister himself, a law allowing terminally ill patients to choose t…

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Is Rachel Reeves running out of luck?

An unexpected rise in inflation today takes the rate to higher than the Bank of England's target, and adds to Rachel Reeves's worries. James Heale talks to Katy Balls and The Spectator's data editor …

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Farmers won't be quick to forgive Labour

Thousands of farmers descended on Westminster today to protest the inheritance tax changes proposed in Labour’s Budget. Amidst a sea of tweed and wellington boots, speeches and support came from the …

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Labour's Trump-Xi balancing act

Keir Starmer today will become the first British leader to meet China's Xi Jinping since 2018. The two leaders will meet on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Brazil, and under the shadow of a loomin…

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Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 17/11/2024

Isabel Hardman presents highlights from Sunday morning’s political shows.

Transport Secretary Louise Haigh’s defends the government’s new increased bus fare cap, and Labour’s (lack of) plans for soc…

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Taxes, tariffs and Trump: What lies ahead for Labour?

The Spectator's Michael Gove, Katy Balls, and Kate Andrews are joined by Paul Abberley, Chief Executive of Charles Stanley, to discuss and unpack Labour's first budget in 14 years. Now the dust has s…

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