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Welfare vote: how many will rebel?
It’s D-Day for Labour’s welfare reforms. MPs will vote tonight on the party’s watered-down benefits cuts. Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall for…
1 year, 4 months ago
Does Starmer still want to be PM?
There have been a number of navel-gazing interviews with the Prime Minister over the weekend. Across thousands and thousands of words, he seems to be…
1 year, 4 months ago
Steve Baker on how to organise a successful rebellion
As Labour rebels appear to have forced concessions from Keir Starmer over welfare this week, former Conservative MP Steve Baker joins James Heale to …
1 year, 4 months ago
Welfare U-turn: is Keir in control?
Keir Starmer has performed a screeching about-turn on his flagship welfare reforms, all in the hope of quelling the rebellion from more than 120 MPs …
1 year, 4 months ago
Who’s having a worse week: Keir or Kemi?
It’s bad news all round for Labour and the Tories. An MRP poll out today forecasts that if an election were held tomorrow, Labour would not only lose…
1 year, 4 months ago
Welfare rebellion: why Starmer – and Reeves – should be worried
Keir Starmer is facing war on both fronts. He is in the Netherlands to talk about defence and announce a major change in the UK's nuclear posture in …
1 year, 4 months ago
Iran: 'what the f***' is going on?
It is rare to see the President so visibly frustrated (see The Apprentice, circa 2004), but after Iran and Israel seemingly ignored his ceasefire ann…
1 year, 4 months ago
Does the government support Trump’s Iran strikes?
The weekend saw the US launch airstrikes on three Iranian nuclear sites, with Tehran warning of ‘everlasting consequences’. Despite an emergency Cobr…
1 year, 4 months ago
Jeremy Hunt on Trump, Budgets and Welsh whisky
On this week’s special Saturday edition of Coffee House Shots, James Heale sits down with Jeremy Hunt to discuss his new book, Can We Be Great Again?…
1 year, 4 months ago
MPs back assisted dying: what next?
MPs have voted – by a narrow 23-vote margin – in favour of legalising assisted dying. Bizarrely, the 51.9 to 48.1 per cent breakdown is the exact sam…
1 year, 4 months ago