Inside Politics

Tuesday, 15 October, 2024

Monday, 14 October, 2024

UK crime

Why the UK is failing to catch up with fraudsters

The UK must equip law enforcement to tackle increasingly sophisticated criminals and give victims confidence to report

Friday, 11 October, 2024

Labour party UK

Will Labour’s troubled start in power end happily?

Starmer’s first 99 days spark concern, but so do Conservative party prospects; plus, exclusive polling

Thursday, 10 October, 2024

Conservative party UK

This Tory leadership ballot suits nobody, only perhaps Keir Starmer

Even Labour will not benefit from one of two rightwing contenders taking Conservatives off on a strange journey

Wednesday, 9 October, 2024

James Cleverly

Should Cleverly try to choose his opponent in final round?

Gambling with such a small electorate of 121 MPs could end in humiliating defeat

Tuesday, 8 October, 2024

Whitehall reform

Starmer’s missions need the government machine to run better

Previous governments have attempted the Whitehall silo-busting needed by Labour to achieve its five big aims

Monday, 7 October, 2024

Keir Starmer

Starmer corrects Downing Street dysfunction, but will this restore direction?

Sue Gray’s departure and reset shows PM is quick to adapt, but also suggests he may lack focus

Friday, 4 October, 2024

British Indian Ocean Territory

Chagos Islands, British treatment and Tory rivalries

Conservative leadership hopefuls attack Labour and clash over decision, though there is a historical irony in all this

Thursday, 3 October, 2024

Conservative party UK

Conservatives should pick James Cleverly. Here’s why they won’t

Former home and foreign secretary poses biggest threat to Labour, but members will erroneously choose candidates offering more radical solutions

Wednesday, 2 October, 2024

Conservative party UK

Why this Tory beauty pageant shouldn’t bet on a Cameron-style turnaround

Exceptional performer was more able to capture attention than this year’s leadership contenders following Middle East escalation

Tuesday, 1 October, 2024

Conservative party UK

Robert Jenrick likely to be the next Tory leader

His main rival Kemi Badenoch has lost momentum among MPs, following series of gaffes

Monday, 30 September, 2024

Conservative party UK

This Tory conference reads like a familiar story, risking a longer spell in opposition

Leadership frontrunners appear to prescribe moving the party closer to its activist base, but this approach rarely pays off

Friday, 27 September, 2024

UK politics

How public perceptions haunt Tories and Labour

New Conservative leader must reshape image, while Keir Starmer’s party seen as increasingly ‘extreme,’ poll finds

Thursday, 26 September, 2024

Labour party UK

Why Keir Starmer’s freebies have cut through to the public

Unless government can draw a line under the row, it will continue to suck up attention

Wednesday, 25 September, 2024

UK Budget

Starmer reveals what needs to get ‘worse’ before it gets better

PM points to disruption caused by building and hints at need to ‘properly fund policies’ ahead of expected tax rises in Budget

Tuesday, 24 September, 2024

UK government spending

Reeves sets apart Labour’s fiscal approach from the Tories’ and signals more borrowing

Chancellor reaffirms party pledge to not raise income tax and national insurance

Monday, 23 September, 2024

Politics

Starmer faces 2 challenges in Liverpool

The PM must deliver a speech that activists can cheer about and get a grip on Downing Street

Friday, 20 September, 2024

UK politics

Why half of voters think Labour has done a poor job so far

Dodgy donations, infrastructure challenges and anticipation of October’s ‘painful’ Budget weigh on party’s approval ratings

Thursday, 19 September, 2024

UK Government

Why has Sue Gray’s salary stoked unease and vicious briefings?

Downing Street chief of staff’s £170,000 wage is a blow as special advisers are handed surprisingly low pay settlements

Wednesday, 18 September, 2024

UK Budget

Lib Dem call to tax rich more may be a poor pitch to its base

Ed Davey urges Labour to increase spending to ‘winterproof’ the NHS in a strategic move

Tuesday, 17 September, 2024

Liberal Democrats UK

Lib Dem strategy rests on how it responds to Labour and Tories

After party’s historic results it will double down on being an anti-Conservative force, with Ed Davey deciding how

Monday, 16 September, 2024

Liberal Democrats UK

Lib Dems enjoy a festival of calm, but fissures are never far away

Party will eventually seek to rejoin the EU, but this may spark internal clashes on preferred timing

Friday, 13 September, 2024

Labour party UK

Starmer has convinced people of the dire challenge but he must respond with action

Labour hopes to exceed people’s rock-bottom expectations, but recent poll suggests it must do more to win confidence

Thursday, 12 September, 2024

National Health Service

Labour’s NHS reform conundrum

Need to raise funding for institution could sharply limit government’s capacity to improve other public services

Wednesday, 11 September, 2024

Conservative party UK

Tory party conference gives leader candidates chance to upend fight

David Cameron’s 10-minute pitch at the 2005 event was enough to secure him a strong following