Freddie Hayward
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PMQs: Keir Starmer talks tough on migrants
There’s a school of thought that says Labour should avoid talking about immigration because the Tories will always be more hardline on the issue. The government’s incompetence is changing that calcula → Read More
Michael Gove’s speech could have been delivered by Keir Starmer
The Levelling Up Secretary’s address revealed an emerging consensus between Labour and the communitarian right. → Read More
Can Sunak’s Brexit breakthrough unite the Tory party?
The opposition to the Windsor Framework will not come from Labour. It will come from the Prime Minister’s own backbenchers. → Read More
How will Keir Starmer fund his “national missions” for Labour Britain?
The enormous question mark hovering above Rachel Reeves' office is tax policy. → Read More
How will Keir Starmer fund his “national missions” for Labour Britain?
The enormous question mark hovering above Rachel Reeves' office is tax policy. → Read More
Will Rishi Sunak send fighter jets to Ukraine?
The PM has committed to training Ukrainian pilots, but Zelensky’s visit was really to ask for the planes themselves. → Read More
What have we learned from Rishi Sunak’s first 100 days in office?
Over the past three months, the Prime Minister has displayed poor political nous and his weak grip on the Tory party. → Read More
Strikes bill makes a strange union in parliament
Jacob Rees-Mogg and John McDonnell were both critical of the minimum service law. → Read More
Jeremy Hunt says nothing
The Chancellor struck an optimistic tone about the potential of the British economy, but didn’t actually have anything to announce. → Read More
Where next for levelling up?
Conservatives are fuming over “begging bowl” culture, while Labour waits in the wings with its own version of the plan. → Read More
Labour's attempt to make "take back control" its own could win back Brexit voters
In his New Year speech, Keir Starmer retold the Leave vote as a call for greater devolution. → Read More
Labour's attempt to make "take back control" its own could win back Brexit voters
In his New Year speech, Keir Starmer retold the Leave vote as a call for greater devolution. → Read More
Keir Starmer takes the fight to the Tories by stealing their slogans
The Labour leader is promising to help voters “take back control” over their communities. → Read More
Is Mick Lynch in trouble?
The leader of the RMT union seemed rattled on the Today programme this morning. → Read More
Ed Davey: “Voters are not blaming Brexit”
The Lib Dem leader on where his party now stands on Europe and whether he regrets backing austerity. → Read More
Ed Davey: “Voters are not blaming Brexit”
The Lib Dem leader on where his party now stands on Europe and whether he regrets backing austerity. → Read More
Rishi Sunak is gambling on Christmas disruption turning voters against the strikes
Royal Mail staff go on strike today (9 December). The RMT nationwide strikes begin on 13 December. And nurses are going on strike on 15 December for the first time in the Royal College of Nursing’s hi → Read More
Who will replace Liz Truss as prime minister?
Boris Johnson has kept a low profile since his ejection from No 10. Could he make a comeback? → Read More
Liz Truss’s premiership is nearing its end as her government implodes
Many Tory MPs think the Prime Minister will be gone within days, if not hours. → Read More
Could there be a snap election?
If a Conservative prime minister called one, it would only risk their position and their party. → Read More