'Props to Rachel'
Today was the day for Rachel Reeves, as she delivered her big growth speech in Oxfordshire. This was not this government’s first attempt to pivot towards a more business-friendly, growth-generating na...
29 Jan 202512min
Labour's Richard Hermer problem
Richard Hermer was one of the surprise announcements from Keir Starmer’s first Cabinet, and one of the most controversial since. Starmer’s old pal came with some notable baggage: his former clients in...
28 Jan 202513min
Is Donald Trump warming to Keir Starmer?
Starmer and Trump have finally spoken, with a 45 minute phone call taking place between the two leaders. The pair reportedly discussed the ceasefire in Gaza, and trade and the economy, with Starmer at...
27 Jan 202515min
Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 26/01/25
Isabel Hardman presents highlights from Sunday morning’s political shows.Rachel Reeves hints at new Heathrow runway, and defends the softening of her new non-dom tax rules. Kemi Badenoch blames lack o...
26 Jan 202517min
What Labour and the Tories can learn from Pierre Poilievre
For the past fortnight, Canada’s Parliament has been empty. After Justin Trudeau resigned as Liberal leader, all the polls are pointing to the likelihood that Canada will become another example of the...
25 Jan 202513min
Do Reform want to bring back the death penalty?
Reform MP Rupert Lowe has called for the death penalty to be re-established in the wake of the sentencing of the Southport killer Axel Rudakubana. With the Assisted Dying Bill still making its way thr...
24 Jan 20259min
Reeves vs Miliband
After last week’s bond market jitters, the Chancellor pledged to go ‘further and faster’ to improve the UK’s anaemic economic growth. It looks as though Rachel Reeves’ hunt for growth could come at th...
23 Jan 20259min
Should Rachel Reeves be at Davos?
It’s Davos day two, and Rachel Reeves has touched down in Switzerland to continue her hunt for growth. On the agenda today was a fireside chat with the Business Secretary on ‘The Year Ahead for the UK...
22 Jan 202512min
