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Will John Healey tax the banks?
With the Budget fast approaching, is Labour about to pick a fight with the City? Could a new bank tax help John Healey plug the fiscal black hole – o…
1 week, 3 days ago
Does Burnham have a foreign policy?
As Andy Burnham rolls out the red carpet for Volodymyr Zelensky in Downing Street, he has publicly sided with Kyiv against the Trump administration, …
1 week, 4 days ago
Ed Davey sees off a coup
After last night’s botched coup against the Liberal Democrat leader, Sir Ed Davey, and a rather temperate Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of …
1 week, 5 days ago
Where are all the ‘Waitrose women’?
The IMF has upgraded its forecast for UK growth – but is the good news all it seems? Michael Simmons explains why the assumptions underpinning Britai…
1 week, 6 days ago
Russian interference: what really happened with Brexit
On this episode of Coffee House Shots, James Heale and Tim Shipman examine claims of Russian interference in the Brexit referendum. What do we actual…
2 weeks ago
LIVE: Why aren't Britain's young people working? | with Laura Trott
For this special edition of Coffee House Shots, economics editor Michael Simmons hosts a panel from Conservative Party conference on Britain’s growin…
2 weeks, 3 days ago
Is Polanski finished? – Labour crushes Green challenge in North London
Labour has held Holborn and St Pancras in the first major electoral test of the post-Starmer era – but what does the result tell us about the state o…
2 weeks, 3 days ago
What makes a great politician? | Thérèse Coffey & Michael Gove
What does it take to become a successful political leader – and are Britain’s politicians getting the training they need?
At Conservative Party Confer…
2 weeks, 4 days ago
REACTION: Kemi’s conference speech – has she found ‘the right way’?
Kemi Badenoch has just delivered her conference speech, bringing Conservative Party Conference 2026 to a close.
She very nearly almost announced the i…
2 weeks, 5 days ago
A bonfire of regulations & Kemi's iron dome
James Heale is joined by Tim Shipman, Michael Simmons and Lara Brown from the second day of Conservative Party conference in Birmingham. They discuss…
2 weeks, 6 days ago