Why Ed Davey is happy being boring
The Liberal Democrats have unveiled a new strategy on the NHS. Sir Ed set out his big, bold plan this morning: scrapping the UK–US pharmaceutical deal to redirect £1.5 billion into social care. It sou...
13 Jan 14min
Zahawi defects: are Reform becoming Tories 2.0?
How many Tories is too many? That’s the question Westminster is asking after the unveiling of Reform’s latest defector. Nadhim Zahawi, Boris Johnson’s brief-lived Chancellor of the Exchequer, is Nigel...
12 Jan 15min
Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 11/01/2026
Isabel Hardman presents highlights from Sunday morning's political shows.Trump wants Greenland, Iran wants regime change, and Peter Mandelson gives his first interview since he was sacked as US ambass...
11 Jan 13min
Mums for Reform?
Britain’s mums are backing Nigel Farage. One in five Mumsnet users intend to vote for Reform at the next general election, the first time a party other than Labour has topped its poll. Having been mor...
10 Jan 14min
Keir Starmer, pub harmer
Another year, another U-turn. We expect that the Labour government will be forced to climb down on forthcoming increases to the business rates bills faced by pubs in England. This comes after ferociou...
9 Jan 10min
How Reform plans to govern
2025 was the easy part for Reform. If they win the election, however, how do they actually govern? In The Spectator this week, Tim Shipman writes about the party’s plans to tackle Whitehall bloat, byp...
8 Jan 18min
Why is Keir Starmer so irritable?
It is the first Prime Minister’s Questions of the new year – and Keir Starmer returns to the Commons already under pressure. With major international crises unfolding, Kemi Badenoch used PMQs to quest...
7 Jan 15min
International statesman or 'never here Keir'?
From 'regime change' in Venezuela to Russia's war in Ukraine, the Labour government is trying to navigate complicated situations across foreign affairs. Having appeared to weather the domestic reactio...
6 Jan 18min
