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Is Keir right to scrap one-word Ofsted verdicts?
It’s back to school day for kids up and down the country, and also back to school for our politicians who have returned from summer recess. To celebr…
1 year, 6 months ago
Which Conservative leader could be a problem for Keir Starmer?
The Tory leadership contest is still rumbling on, and we're lucky enough to still have weeks to go! In this Saturday episode, we assess which of the …
1 year, 6 months ago
Why has Starmer taken down a portrait of Thatcher?
Keir Starmer's biographer Tom Baldwin has revealed that the PM has removed a portrait of Margaret Thatcher from No 10. The portrait was originally co…
1 year, 6 months ago
How far will Starmer’s smoking ban go?
Keir Starmer has confirmed that the government is looking at plans to revive Sunak's smoking ban legislation. They may go even further - reports sugg…
1 year, 6 months ago
What's behind Starmer's 'reset' with Europe?
Keir Starmer has been in Germany today visiting Chancellor Olaf Scholz, before heading to Paris to meet President Macron. This is part of his plan to…
1 year, 6 months ago
Just how ‘painful’ will Starmer’s October Budget be?
Winter is coming. That’s the message from Keir Starmer’s set-piece speech this morning from the No. 10 rose garden. After a tricky few weeks for the …
1 year, 6 months ago
What could a Kamala Harris presidency mean for the UK?
As the Democratic National Convention draws to a close in Chicago this week, Patrick Gibbons is joined by James Heale and Gerry Baker, editor at larg…
1 year, 6 months ago
Is the energy price cap hike bad news for Labour?
Ofgem, the energy regulator, has announced that the price cap will rise by 10% in October. Is this bad news for Labour, or will they be successful in…
1 year, 6 months ago
Can Labour crack apprenticeships?
Today's GCSE results show an exams system that has largely returned to pre-Covid norms. It has also given the government a chance to talk about skill…
1 year, 6 months ago
Labour cronyism claims continue
The government seems to have appointed another party-political advisor to the civil service – this time Labour Together's Jess Sargeant to the role o…
1 year, 6 months ago