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Why can’t Hunt cut taxes?
Jeremy Hunt said yesterday that it would be ‘virtually impossible’ to cut taxes in 2023. James Heale speaks to Katy Balls and Kate Andrews about why the government has decided to spent more, rather t…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
What is Sunakism?
Rishi Sunak is being attacked by Conservative and Labour politicians for choosing to delay some of Britain’s climate commitments. But is his new approach to policy really a welcome one?
Katy Balls …
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
Why Sunak wants to dilute net zero
Rishi Sunak is set to give a speech this week outlining changes to the government's environmental policies. The plans to phase out new petrol and diesel cars, and gas boilers, will likely be delayed.…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
Will Starmer soften Brexit?
Keir Starmer is in Paris today. It's a bid to 'look statesman-like', Katy Balls says, but also underlines where a Labour government would take British relations with the EU. Oscar Edmondson talks to …
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
What Liz Truss’s big speech was really about
Liz Truss took the stage this morning for her first major intervention on the economy since leaving No. 10. Her speech at the Institute for Government comes almost a year to the day since her mini-Bu…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 17/09/23
Isabel Hardman hosts highlights from Sunday morning's political shows. Electoral campaigns are soon to begin in earnest, and Labour is talking tough on immigration. But this week policy is overshadow…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
How America’s 2024 election will affect Britain’s
For the first time since 1992 the US and the UK will have elections in the same year, and – for the first time since 1964 – there is a real chance that those campaigns could overlap. How will they im…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
Is it right to cut back HS2?
The government is reportedly looking into whether it should cut the second phase of HS2. But with so much money having already been pumped into the project, should they just see it through to the end…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
What is Starmer’s small boats plan?
Keir Starmer today unveiled Labour’s plan to stop illegal migration. Trying to deport migrants to Rwanda is a waste of money, he said – the millions would be better spent on a ‘new security agreement…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
Is Labour the party of the pensioner?
At PMQs, neither Labour nor the Tories wanted to commit to keeping the state pension triple lock. Have the two parties, awkwardly and unofficially, reached a consensus on dropping the promise?
Max J…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago