Spending review: smoke, mirrors and no strategy
There were few surprises in Rachel Reeves’s spending review today. Health was the big winner, with a £29bn increase in day-to-day spending and £39bn was announced to build social and affordable housin...
11 Juni 202510min
Labour goes nuclear while Reform turns to coal
Rachel Reeves has pledged a ‘new era of nuclear power’ as the government confirms a £14.2 billion investment in the Sizewell C nuclear plant in Suffolk. This comes on the eve of Labour’s spending revi...
10 Juni 202516min
Labour try to silence ‘austerity-lite’ accusations
James Nation, formerly a special adviser to Rishi Sunak and now an MD at Forefront Advisers, joins the Spectator’s deputy political editor James Heale and economics editor Michael Simmons, to talk thr...
9 Juni 202513min
Rupert Lowe on Reform turmoil, Chagos 'treason' and taking the Tory whip
The Spectator’s editor Michael Gove and assistant editor Madeline Grant interview Rupert Lowe, MP for Great Yarmouth and notorious Westminster provocateur. Earlier this year, Lowe was suspended from t...
7 Juni 202548min
Surprise Labour victory as Reform’s fallout continues
Scottish Labour have a new MSP today as Davy Russell won the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election, taking the seat from the SNP. Labour won with 31.6% of the vote with the SNP second on 29.4%...
6 Juni 202514min
Zia Yusuf resigns from Reform
Zia Yusuf resigned this evening from his position as chairman of Reform UK, saying: ‘I no longer believe working to get a Reform government elected is a good use of my time.’ This comes after he tweet...
5 Juni 20258min
From Thatcher to Truss, who's haunting Mel Stride?
Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride delivered a speech today where he attempted to banish the ghost of Liz Truss and improve the Conservatives' reputation over fiscal credibility. And he compared leader Ke...
5 Juni 202518min
To spend or not to spend
Rachel Reeves unveiled billions of pounds of investment today for transport and infrastructure projects, as Labour attempts to demonstrate that next week’s spending review is not just about department...
4 Juni 202516min
