Budget 2024: will Labour’s £40bn tax hike backfire?
After months of speculation, leaks, and endless criticism, Rachel Reeves has finally delivered Labour’s first budget in 14 years and it had £70 billion more in spending, £40 billion more in tax along ...
30 Okt 202428min
Harris v Trump latest: should the Democrats be panicking? | The American Fourcast
As the US election heats up Kamala Harris and Donald Trump remain neck and neck in the polls, but even as the Democrats have the likes of Beyoncé and Taylor Swift backing them, the mood music is not s...
28 Okt 202431min
MPs go head-to-head in assisted dying debate
Assisted dying could very soon be legalised in the UK, with MPs being given a free vote by Prime Minister Keir Starmer on a bill that’s just been introduced by Labour MP Kim Leadbeater. It’s a controv...
16 Okt 202425min
How Keir Starmer's next 100 days could be worse than his first
The Morgan McSweeney-Sue Gray saga, endless stories about freebies and gloomy economic forecasts ahead of Rachel Reeve’s first budget - so, how badly have Keir Starmer’s first 100 days gone and could ...
10 Okt 202431min
Sayeeda Warsi on Gaza, Islamophobia and ‘disturbing’ Conservative Party
Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, Britain's first Muslim cabinet minister, has long been an outspoken critic of her own party over its attitudes towards Islam. Last week, after an investigation was launched aga...
4 Okt 202426min
Can anyone save the Conservative Party from oblivion?
Conservative Party leadership favourites Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick have found themselves embroiled in controversy over comments they’ve made during the Tory Party conference, while rivals Tom T...
1 Okt 202424min
Tory conference: could Boris Johnson really make a comeback?
Despite warnings to keep it clean, Kemi Badenoch, Robert Jenrick, Tom Tugendhat and James Cleverly have been quietly tearing chunks out of each other as they vie to be the next Tory leader at this yea...
1 Okt 202433min
What Starmer’s speech reveals about how Labour will change UK
Sir Keir Starmer has made his speech on the penultimate day of the Labour Party Conference, and his first as prime minister. He’s pledged “national renewal”, homes for all veterans who need them, and ...
24 Sep 202425min
