Robert Peston
ITV News
United Kingdom
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Nadhim Zahawi is damned by the report into his tax affairs
There has rarely been such a comprehensive breach of the code of ministerial conduct. → Read More
The importance of HMRC comments on the Nadhim Zahawi case
HMRC boss Jim Harra has added sharper focus to the inquiry by the prime minister's ethics adviser Magnus into Zahawi's tax affairs, Robert Peston writes. → Read More
Why Sunak blocked Scotland’s gender recognition law
The prime minister blocking the law in Scotland will anger the SNP and make headaches for Labour. → Read More
Why Brexit is still tearing apart the government
Sunak and Hunt will deny from a Swiss-style relationship with the EU is not on the agenda, but the Brexiters in their own party will never believe them | ITV National News → Read More
The massive economic challenge ahead in the UK
ITV News Political Editor Robert Peston dissects the latest UK economic forecast. → Read More
Chancellor prepares between £30bn and £35bn of public spending cuts
The government is trying to fill the blackhole in the UK's finances, but it won't be easy. → Read More
Why the Bank of England’s recession forecast is a horror show for Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt
Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt are facing the two most stressful weeks of their political lives, ITV News Political Editor Robert Peston explains. | ITV National News → Read More
Nicola Sturgeon turns the Scotland question into the Boris Johnson question
Sturgeon has put Boris Johnson in a tight corner, by asking the Lord Advocate to petition the Supreme Court to determine the legality of a referendum. → Read More
How the Rwanda plan and the new Brexit crisis are linked
It's worth remembering that after WW2 the UK was one of the nations that created the ECHR as a way of enforcing international standards of human decency. → Read More
An economic crisis like none other
At least 6 million British households were spending every penny of their income even before the price surges, ITV News Political Editor Robert Peston writes. → Read More
Why Finland wants to join Nato
For decades, the people of Finland have been against joining Nato for the sake of keeping the peace with Russia - but that may now be changing. | ITV National News → Read More
Is the government in denial about the looming economic crisis?
The most basic costs of living are soaring. And that means a devastating recession that has already begun for all those but the richest, Robert Peston writes. → Read More
1.5 is alive, but only just
Are China being let-off lightly by a softening stance from world leaders? Asks Robert Peston | ITV National News → Read More
COP26: When and why did Boris Johnson become an eco warrior?
Why is Boris Johnson being more pre-emptive on climate change than he was at the start of the Covid pandemic, asks ITV News Political Editor Robert Peston. → Read More
Peston: Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak choose spending over tax cuts
'Right now, this is a very red Tory government', writes ITV News Political Editor Robert Peston. → Read More
Rishi Sunak’s big Budget judgement is how to divide his recovery windfall
Rishi Sunak will be judged on his balancing act between helping the poorest, fixing public services and stabilising the UK's finances, writes Robert Peston. → Read More
BP's decision to pull plug on Pure Planet may be gloomiest energy news yet
The collapse of the energy provider reflects a judgement by BP that gas prices are very unlikely to fall back to earth any time soon. | ITV National News → Read More
What's the plot of the Boris Johnson show?
Never before has a Tory leader dominated the Conservatives like Boris Johnson has. → Read More
Robert Peston: We face a massive two-phase onslaught on living standards
The living standards of those on low-to-middling incomes are about to be hit hard, writes Robert Peston. → Read More
Avro Energy: Provider with 1.2 million customers latest hit by financial difficulties
Robert Peston says it's possible a special administrator may be appointed to manage Avro Energy after it defaulted on industry's balancing and settlement code. → Read More