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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, 8 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, 8 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, 8 months ago
Can Starmer reinvigorate Welsh Labour?
Keir Starmer has been meeting the new First Minister Eluned Morgan as part of a two day trip to Wales. While the trip included a visit to a wind farm…
1 year, 8 months ago
Prison overcrowding triggers emergency measures
The fallout from the riots continues as the numbers being processed by the justice system have led to emergency measures being triggered by the gover…
1 year, 8 months ago
What are Sue Gray's plans for the civil service?
Labour is planning to reform the civil service into five 'missions' that will lead the agenda, moving away from the purely departmental way of arrang…
1 year, 8 months ago
Can Labour really tame the unions?
Less than 48 hours after Transport Secretary Louise Haigh hailed a new deal with train drivers... the rail union Aslef announced further strike actio…
1 year, 8 months ago
Has GDP growth come at the wrong time for Labour?
The broader story this morning paints a positive picture for the UK economy. While growth in June took a pause, growth in Q2 for this year is estimat…
1 year, 9 months ago
Why has the inflation rate gone up again?
We've got some news today on the inflation rate, which rose to 2.2 per cent in July, slightly up from the Bank of England’s target of 2 per cent, whe…
1 year, 9 months ago
Keir Starmer’s first foreign policy tests
After successful showings at NATO and Blenheim Palace Keir Starmer is facing his first foreign policy tests, with big developments in Ukraine and in …
1 year, 9 months ago