Are the Houthi strikes working?
The UK launched a new set of strikes on eight Houthi targets last night. Typoon jets dropped £30,000 Paveway bombs on an underground storage site and surveillance and missile capabilities controlled b...
23 Jan 202412min
How far will Hunt cut taxes?
Jeremy Hunt said he would look to cut taxes in the March budget. In the Mail on Sunday, he said he would look to emulate the late Nigel Lawson, who as Margaret Thatcher’s chancellor slashed rates. But...
22 Jan 202413min
Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 21/01/24
Isabel Hardman presents highlights from Sunday's political shows. Grant Shapps calls Netanyahu's rejection of a two-state solution 'disappointing', and talks UK defence spending. Yvette Cooper is vag...
21 Jan 202413min
How is Cameron's comeback coming along?
As problems in the Middle East and war on the continent dominate the headlines, David Cameron has been front and centre in his new role as foreign secretary. Is his experience coming in handy? Is he R...
20 Jan 202413min
Why won't the Tories back Birbalsingh?
Katharine Birbalsingh, headteacher at the Michaela community school in Brent, is being challenged in the High Court over a policy which allegedly bans students from praying. Ms Birbalsingh has defende...
19 Jan 202416min
Is the ERG a spent force?
After much back and forth, the Rwanda Bill passed last night with only 11 votes against while other critics, such as Lee Anderson who resigned his party role, abstained. Rishi Sunak can celebrate a sm...
18 Jan 202411min
Why Lee Anderson's exit is a problem
Last night Rishi Sunak faced the largest rebellion of his premiership over amendments to the Rwanda bill. There were also three resignations – deputy chairs Lee Anderson and Brendan Clarke-Smith as we...
17 Jan 20249min
Isaac Levido’s warning to the Tory party
With the Tories reeling from yesterday's poll in the Telegraph, it is interesting that the party’s official election strategist Isaac Levido was already scheduled to address Tory MPs last night. Levid...
16 Jan 202411min
