What Liz Truss’s big speech was really about
Liz Truss took the stage this morning for her first major intervention on the economy since leaving No. 10. Her speech at the Institute for Government comes almost a year to the day since her mini-Bud...
18 Sep 202314min
Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 17/09/23
Isabel Hardman hosts highlights from Sunday morning's political shows. Electoral campaigns are soon to begin in earnest, and Labour is talking tough on immigration. But this week policy is overshadowe...
17 Sep 202314min
How America’s 2024 election will affect Britain’s
For the first time since 1992 the US and the UK will have elections in the same year, and – for the first time since 1964 – there is a real chance that those campaigns could overlap. How will they imp...
16 Sep 202312min
Is it right to cut back HS2?
The government is reportedly looking into whether it should cut the second phase of HS2. But with so much money having already been pumped into the project, should they just see it through to the end?...
15 Sep 202311min
What is Starmer’s small boats plan?
Keir Starmer today unveiled Labour’s plan to stop illegal migration. Trying to deport migrants to Rwanda is a waste of money, he said – the millions would be better spent on a ‘new security agreement’...
14 Sep 202313min
Is Labour the party of the pensioner?
At PMQs, neither Labour nor the Tories wanted to commit to keeping the state pension triple lock. Have the two parties, awkwardly and unofficially, reached a consensus on dropping the promise?Max Jeff...
13 Sep 202311min
Will Rishi axe the pensions triple lock?
Rishi Sunak has refused to commit to keeping the pensions triple lock in the next Conservative manifesto. What’s behind his equivocation? And, if the triple lock is ditched, will Labour follow suit? J...
12 Sep 202310min
'Chinese spy' arrest – what we know so far
Over the weekend, it was reported that a parliamentary researcher was arrested on suspicion of spying for China. The accused has released a statement this morning claiming he is 'completely innocent'....
11 Sep 20239min
