Suella Braverman’s claim that “multiculturalism has failed” may have been made “to get attention”, according to her predecessor...
Politics
Michael Gove has called for a tax cut before the next general election – putting him at odds with the chancellor on the first day of Conservative Party...
In 1935, the American novelist Sinclair Lewis published a political novel entitled It Couldn’t Happen Here. The book was really a warning of what could...
Rishi Sunak has unveiled £1bn of levelling up funding to be handed out over the next decade – but most of it is going to constituencies held by...
Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch has suggested she would be in favour of watering down the UK’s commitment to reach net zero by 2050. It comes just over...
Rishi Sunak mocked in leaked WhatsApps as grassroots Tories vow to ‘go to war’ with party’s liberals
Grassroots Conservative supporters are saying they want to oust Rishi Sunak and “go to war” with the liberal wing of the party in leaked WhatsApp...
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has vowed to tackle the “vicious circle of ever-rising taxes” by revamping public services and the welfare system. The...
Rishi Sunak attacks ‘hare-brained’ traffic schemes and vows to ‘slam brakes on the war on motorists’
Rishi Sunak has said he is “slamming the brakes on the war on motorists” – with the government confirming that councils will be stopped from...
As Rishi Sunak prepares to launch his re-election pitch from the stage in Manchester this week, it’s worth remembering that this time last year, the now...
Never were the divides in the Conservative Party more stark than in the Brexit years. Whether it was Leave campaigners demanding to exit the bloc on their...
HS2 is the UK’s biggest infrastructure project, supposed to transform public transport between London, the Midlands and the North. But it is becoming...
Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson have overseen the largest set of tax rises since the Second World War, according to economic analysis. The Institute for Fiscal...
The chief executive of Ofcom has acknowledged there are “real issues around misogyny” in public discourse, following the Dan Wootton and Laurence...
The net zero climate target remains popular with the public and with Conservative voters, according to a new poll published after Rishi Sunak backtracked on...
Rishi Sunak dodged questions over the future of HS2 as he spoke to local radio stations across the country. The prime minister was repeatedly asked about the...
Labour has U-turned on its plans to remove the charitable status of private schools. Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves announced in 2021 that her party was...