General Election 2024: Why Sunak’s ‘triple lock plus’ pledge is not all as it seems May 28, 2024 Sunak's announcement will guarantee that pensioners’ personal allowance will always be higher than the level of the new state pension.
Election 2024: No party has ever come back from this far behind – but anything can happen May 22, 2024 Rishi Sunak has clearly decided that the risks of waiting outweigh the dangers of calling a general election when the polls are so dire
What can a plastic Christmas tree tell us about politics? May 21, 2024 A disappointing Christmas display led to the downfall of Boston’s Conservative council. It’s just one example of how independent candidates across the country are giving the big parties a run for their money by keeping their campaigns local, writes Adam Hawksbee Boston is best known as the Brexit capital of Britain. This corner of Lincolnshire [...]
Why Labour was always going to have to compromise on workers’ rights May 15, 2024 News that Labour is redrafting some of its pledges to transform workers’ rights is a sign the party is preparing to take the duty of governing seriously, Jessica Frank-Keyes writes
The UK is out of recession – but it’s far too soon to celebrate May 14, 2024 While the UK's exit from recession is welcome news, structural problems will continue to stymie economic growth for years to come if they are not addressed soon, Chris Dorrell writes
Sunak’s green U-turn has been a strategic mistake May 9, 2024 The Prime Minister's U-turn on green policies has failed to produce results - because voters aren't anti net zero, writes Lucy Kenningham
UK edges closer to new laws for artificial intelligence May 9, 2024 On Friday, the House of Lords will hear the third reading of the AI bill and, if all goes well, it will progress to the House of Commons.
China’s crackdown will do untold damage – Glory to Hong Kong! May 9, 2024 The threads between the City of London and Hong Kong are long, occasionally ugly, mostly glorious and now increasingly stretched.
UK to bid recession farewell as debate over state of the economy heats up May 7, 2024 New figures out this week are set to show that last year's shallow recession has come to an end as political debate about the state of the economy heats up.
‘Bring back Boris’: Conservative MPs divided after local elections fallout May 5, 2024 Conservative MPs were divided this morning over the fallout of the local election results, with one former minister calling for the “return of Boris".