How will Labour fill the surprise £20bn ‘black hole’?
The Chancellor Rachel Reeves has today been providing covering fire for a raft of unpopular policies, including changes to the winter fuel allowance and cancellations to various building projects. She...
29 Juli 202414min
What's next for Suella Braverman?
It's a busy day in Westminster as we await the new Chancellor's ‘spending audit’ of the financial challenges Labour has ‘discovered’ on entering government. But in the meantime there has been some mov...
29 Juli 202412min
Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 28/07/2024
Isabel Hardman presents highlights from Sunday morning’s politics shows.Tax rises might be on the horizon, as Labour prepare to reveal a £20bn hole in the finances they blame on a Tory cover up. John ...
28 Juli 202414min
Who might replace Simon Case as Cabinet Secretary?
The rumour swirling around Westminster is that there will soon be a new Cabinet Secretary, the most senior civil servant position. Politico reported that current Cab-Sec Simon Case is being advised to...
27 Juli 202412min
Labour's '£20 billion black hole' strategy
The Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to give a statement to Parliament on Monday outlining the state of public finances, including a '£20 billion black hole'. James Heale talks to Katy Balls and K...
26 Juli 202416min
Tory leadership race latest: who's declared?
As more Conservative MPs declare their intentions to run for the Tory leadership, James Heale speaks to Katy Balls and Conservative peer Paul Goodman about the runners and riders. What can they learn ...
25 Juli 202419min
Starmer’s plan to deal with Labour’s hard left
Three weeks in for the new government and we have had our first Labour rebellion. In a vote last night on an SNP amendments to axe the two child benefit cap, seven Labour MPs revolted and have subsequ...
24 Juli 202413min
Are we in for a 'dirty' Tory leadership contest?
At last there is white smoke in the negotiations over the rules for the Tory leadership contest. On Monday, the 1922 committee met and agreed a timetable for the contest to succeed Rishi Sunak as Cons...
23 Juli 202416min
