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Looking in detail at the cabinet reshuffle
This week, we dissect prime minister Boris Johnson’s first major reshuffle of this parliament. We’ll be examining who went up, who went sideways, tho…
4 years, 5 months ago
Tearing up the Conservatives’ fiscal orthodoxy
This week we analyse prime minister Boris Johnson’s game on social care reform, what the plan involves and whether the Conservative party and its vot…
4 years, 6 months ago
Britain’s diplomatic push over Afghanistan
This week we examine how the UK got its withdrawal from Afghanistan so badly wrong and the subsequent Whitehall briefing war against the Foreign Offi…
4 years, 6 months ago
Interview special: Liz Truss
In the fifth and final of our summer specials, Sebastian Payne meets Liz Truss, international trade secretary and minister for women and equalities.
T…
4 years, 6 months ago
Interview special: Sir Malcolm Rifkind
In the fourth of our summer specials, Sebastian Payne meets Sir Malcolm Rifkind. In a week when the Taliban shocked the West with its rapid advance i…
4 years, 6 months ago
Interview special: Steve Baker MP
In the third of our summer specials, Sebastian Payne speaks to Steve Baker, the Tory MP for Wycombe and one of the Conservative party's most formidab…
4 years, 6 months ago
Interview special: Professor Neil Ferguson
In the second of our summer specials, Sebastian Payne speaks to Professor Neil Ferguson of Imperial College London. Nicknamed Professor Lockdown by s…
4 years, 7 months ago
Interview special: Anas Sarwar
In our first summer special, Sebastian Payne speaks to the leader of the Scottish Labour party Anas Sarwar about countering Nicola Sturgeon, how he i…
4 years, 7 months ago
Exemptions to isolation and the Northern Ireland protocol
In what should have been a big final week of term at Westminster, Boris Johnson had to abandon plans for a big announcement on social care reform. In…
4 years, 7 months ago
Chaos and confusion over masks and levelling up
The UK is pressing ahead with the easing of all lockdown measures on July 19, despite coronavirus infections hitting 50,000 a day. How has Downing St…
4 years, 7 months ago